> excuse me if this sounds very silly. is memory considered as a device > or resource? linux has the entry 1 /dev/mem in /proc/devices file. > this means that there is a driver (with major number 1) for driving > memory. if not then what's the use of major number here? There is no driver that 'drives' memory like a device. Memory is a resource managed by the kernel. /dev/mem is a pseudo device that provides read & write access to contents of physical memory. You won't (and can't) use /dev/mem to allocate and free memory. Ravi. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
