Re: (XFree86) mmap of /proc/XXX/mem

Egbert Eich (eich@hilbert.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de)
Mon, 6 Dec 1999 02:27:36 +0100 (MET)


kernel@kvack.org writes:
> On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Harald Koenig wrote:
>
> > and if you're using 2-4 cards and start 1-2 servers you'll need and use up
> > plenty of (no longer but hopefully free) space in /tmp just for such a
> > hacky workaround? yuck :-(
>
> What was wrong with using mremap?
>
mremap doesn't let you set an address like mmap with MAP_FIXED does.

Egbert.

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