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Article #2498Memory mapped files (Re: DMA in VM)
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 1989 15:05
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 1989 15:05
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In article <556@xdos.UUCP> doug@xdos.UUCP (Doug Merritt) writes:
> As you probably know, other systems since then have also used it. And I've
> heard that Unix 5.4 will support this feature, too.
I haven't heard that. I know SunOS has a 'mapped file' capability, but that's
only for bitmapped devices. Mapped files are in Mach, though.
> the "it's in there!" release of Unix :-)
Yeh, and the Sytsem-V.4/Mach merge is the "we get to break everything" release?
--
Peter "Have you hugged your wolf today" da Silva <peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>
`-_-'
'U` "Really, a video game is nothing more than a Skinner box."
-- Peter Merel <pete@basser.oz>
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