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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 02:20:22 +0200
From: Evgeny Stambulchik <evgeny AT stambulchik DOT net>
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Subject: Re: mmap and MAP_FIXED
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Christopher Faylor wrote:

> See:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/base/mapviewoffileex.asp
> 
> Pay particular attention to the description of lpBaseAddress.

Thanks! It doesn't explain, though, how mmap manages to avoid this 64k 
restriction when MAP_FIXED is NOT set (and why the same trick, whatever 
it is, can't be used with MAP_FIXED)?

Regards,

Evgeny

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