From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [194.5.49.5] (macsteph.grame.fr [194.5.49.5]) by rd.grame.fr (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA01469 for ; Wed, 24 May 2000 13:05:28 +0200 Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 13:14:40 +0200 From: Stephane Letz Subject: Large shared memory segment in kernel Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: We would like to allocate a large memory segment (several Mb) in a kernel module so that to access the memory in the kernel module and in user space application. (be implementing the mmap function in the kernel module) Is is something that could be done ? Or kernel modules should only mmap small amount of memory? Thanks Stephane Letz Grame: Centre National de creation musicale 9, Rue du Garet 69001 Lyon Tel: 04-72-07-37-00 Fax: 04-72-07-37-01 Web: www.grame.fr -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/