--- "Warrier, Sadanand (Sadanand)" <swarrier@lucent.com> wrote: > Hello > What exactly is the difference between /dev/mem and /dev/kmem. > While > looking at the source code in char/mem.c I noticed that the mmap > function > for both are the same. I believe that /dev/mem is the actual > physical > memory mapping. What is /dev/kmem used for? /dev/mem represents the phyical memory, /dev/kmem represents the kernel virtual address space. Hope this helps, Ravi. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo http://search.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
