Re: Optional mmap(2) support for geom(4) providers

From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 07:40:36 +0200
In message <4468DC05.9080808_at_sippysoft.com>, Maxim Sobolev writes:
>Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>> In message <44681D92.80309_at_sippysoft.com>, Maxim Sobolev writes:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I would like to extend md(4) with support for mmap(4) operations, 
>> 
>> Uhm, how exactly would that work ?
>
>Just like ioctl(2) works: geom_dev will accept mmap requests and pass it 
>to the underlying provider for execution if that provider has mmap 
>handler in its g_class.

No, I meant: how will you use this ?

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