Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 12:03:56 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: C Library: mmap() function
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On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Peter Remmers wrote:

> Wouldn't it be possible to write a filesystem extension for
> say "/dev/fb0" which sits on VBE2.0, and then have a mmap() for getting
> a pointer to the framebuffer?

I fail to see how using VBE could help implementing mmap().  mmap() is a 
means for allocating memory and implementing memory-mapped files, so it 
cannot be limited by video-related features.