Re: "raw" device

Matthias Urlichs (smurf@mail.noris.net)
Fri, 18 Oct 1996 17:40:01 +0100


In linux.dev.kernel, article <199610181158.NAA05833@ifhamy.insa-lyon.fr>,
Jerome Etienne <jetienne@ifhamy.insa-lyon.fr> writes:
>
> moreover, we avoid the overhead due to the gate of the read() syscall.
True.

> and i havn't try to use mmap. so i don't know the result and if its a good
> idea in my case.
>
So try. ;-) It's not difficult...

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