Re: VM: Bizzare MM tricks...

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 26 Apr 2000 22:10:27 +0100 (BST)

> wondering how to best go about mapping kernel memory to
> user space and vice versa. mmap(2) is a possibility, but would
> require a vast rework of the code, and break the ability of
> the customer to use their existing code base in NT/95.

Use mmap. It is the only really sane way in generic 2.2. If you try and
write an NT API driver into Linux you will suffer far more than writing
a Linux API driver and a little glue library that fakes their API

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