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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!207.76.204.12!news.whistle.com!current1.whistle.com!julian From: Julian Elischer <julian@current1.whistle.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: mmap() incapable of mapping block special files Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 21:15:29 -0700 Organization: Whistle Communications, Inc. Lines: 10 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970601211328.23344A-100000@current1.whistle.com> References: <ytlraemlumg.fsf@mr.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: s205m22.whistle.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: Scott Fritchie <fritchie@mr.net> In-Reply-To: <ytlraemlumg.fsf@mr.net> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42040 I think you should ask this question on 'hackers' I think that it is relevant there.. here is unlikely to get read by the right people.. I'm not sure if BDEVs can handle that.. I would doubt it but it MIGHT work.. julian