Re: Updating mmap(2) [nik@freebsd.org: Re: pipe]

2001-02-10 Thread Matt Dillon
:Maybe I'm suffering a temporary lapse of clue, but is there some :place where supplemental info (like code snippets) is kept? This :kind of info might be handy to someone seeing the man page for the :first time, but it doesn't seem quite right to put code samples :in the man pages themselves.

Re: Updating mmap(2) [nik@freebsd.org: Re: pipe]

2001-02-10 Thread Richard Hodges
On Sat, 10 Feb 2001, Matt Dillon wrote: NC: > :> mmap - allocate memory, or map files or devices into memory > :> > :> would be better? > : RH: > :While you're at it :-) maybe you could add a few lines suggesting that > :with the MAP_SHARED flag, this is a useful method of sharing memory

Re: Updating mmap(2) [nik@freebsd.org: Re: pipe]

2001-02-10 Thread Matt Dillon
:> mmap - allocate memory, or map files or devices into memory :> :> would be better? : :You have my vote. That information would have saved me quite a few :hours of angst a few years ago when I was looking for a way to share :memory between processes. In fact, it will probably be an impor

Re: Updating mmap(2) [nik@freebsd.org: Re: pipe]

2001-02-10 Thread Richard Hodges
On Sat, 10 Feb 2001, Nik Clayton wrote: > There was no comment to these. Any objections if I commit my proposed > changes? > mmap - map files or devices into memory > > [...] > > doesn't immediately shout "You can use this function to allocate memory > as well". > > Perhaps > > mm

Updating mmap(2) [nik@freebsd.org: Re: pipe]

2001-02-10 Thread Nik Clayton
There was no comment to these. Any objections if I commit my proposed changes? N - Forwarded message from Nik Clayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 16:33:32 + From: Nik Clayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "G. Adam Stanislav" <[E