I am running python on VxWorks. In the course of operation, a vxworks tasks writes to a reserved area of memory. I need access to this chunk of memory from within python. Initially I thought I could simply access it as a string but a string would reallocate and copy this chunk of memory; which is not something I can have as it would waste a huge amount of memory. We're talking about something like 40MB on a device with limited RAM. I have been looking at array. It looks promising. What's the best route to go here? Ideally, I would like to simply pass in the address of the reserved block and a length, and have the memory accessible.
Is there some existing python object/facility I can use or will I need to create a custom module? Any tips, hints, or pointers would certainly be appreciated! Thanks, Greg -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
