Hi On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 8:14 PM, niamathullah sharief <shariefbe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > Actually what is mmap()?why it used?shall we write the program without > that function? by using mmap(), you can: 1. allocate memory without backing file (called anonymous mapping) 2. map all or some part of a file into process address space, thus you access it by simply reading/writing to an address of process address space. regards, Mulyadi. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
