Re: mapping user space buffer to kernel address space

From: Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Date: Fri Oct 13 2000 - 14:50:09 EDT

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    In article <CA256977.0039410C.00@d73mta05.au.ibm.com>,
     <mdaljeet@in.ibm.com> wrote:
    >
    >I have a user buffer and i want to map it to kernel address space
    >can anyone tell how to do this like in AIX we have xmattach

    Note that it is usually MUCH better to do this the other way around:
    having a kernel-side buffer, and mapping that into user space. I don't
    understand why so many people always want to do it the wrong way around..

                    Linus
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