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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Fix mmap_kmem (was: [question] What's the difference between /dev/kmem and /dev/mem)
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On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 16:07 +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > Whilst there's no normal legitimite usage for it, it is useful for debugging.
> > One thing I often do is create a circular log buffer, then fish it back
> > out by mmaping /dev/mem or /dev/kmem, and going by system.map offsets.
> > No, nobody could claim it was clean or elegant, but it *is* useful.
>
> relayfs.

It's still not in the vanilla kernel. Besides, mapping kmem is more
fun :-)

-- Steve


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