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Re: [LKDP] mmap driver entry point
From: |
Abhishek Nayani |
Subject: |
Re: [LKDP] mmap driver entry point |
Date: |
Tue, 8 Oct 2002 23:27:49 +0530 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.2.5.1i |
Hi,
On Tue, 08 Oct 2002, Ankit wrote:
> Iam trying to understand the mmap entry point for a
> driver.
> This is how the mmap() is implemented
>
mmap() is usually used to map a file from some secondary
storage into RAM. So the drivers (usually fs code) implement the mmap()
function (which is specific to the filesystem) which is called by the
generic do_mmap() routine.
bye,
Abhi.
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