I always forgot to send to the List. I should be more careful. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ozan TÃrkyÄlmaz <ozan.turkyilmaz@xxxxxxxxx> Date: 2010/10/27 Subject: Re: /dev/mem To: Dave Hylands <dhylands@xxxxxxxxx> 2010/10/27 Dave Hylands <dhylands@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hi Rajat, > It sure does - you just have to open the appropriate device name. > There are device names for each physical disk, as well as device names > for each logical drive letter. > Shouldn't it be called raw access not direct access? User-space has no direct access to any device. everything has to pass though kernel. However /dev files can give raw access to any user space program (with appropriate right). -- Ozan, BSc, BEng -- Ozan, BSc, BEng -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
