linux-kernel - Re: unable to mmap /dev/kmem

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Date:	Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:57:55 +1100
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
Cc:	Nadia Derbey <Nadia.Derbey@...l.net>,
	Franck Bui-Huu <fbuihuu@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: unable to mmap /dev/kmem

> But personally I'd prefer it to remain.

Similar. I also got some tools who use it to read kernel variables
and doing the V->P conversion in user space would be tedious
and unreliable (e.g. for vmalloc) 

-Andi
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