> >On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> >
> >> You can't mmap block devices. I don't think avoiding the filesystem
> >
> >How come I can mmap() /dev/zero ?
>
> That's a character device.
Argh, you're right! I thought I did read something about being able to
mmap() block devices, evidently I didn't parse it properly.
Cheers,
Alex
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