Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Linus Torvalds) | Subject | Re: mapping user space buffer to kernel address space | Date | 13 Oct 2000 11:50:09 -0700 |
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In article <CA256977.0039410C.00@d73mta05.au.ibm.com>, <mdaljeet@in.ibm.com> wrote: > >I have a user buffer and i want to map it to kernel address space >can anyone tell how to do this like in AIX we have xmattach
Note that it is usually MUCH better to do this the other way around: having a kernel-side buffer, and mapping that into user space. I don't understand why so many people always want to do it the wrong way around..
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