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From: Alan Judge <Alan.Judge@indigo.ie>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Q: mmap() in 2.2.0R and 2.2.1R
Date: 21 Apr 1997 13:07:05 +0100
Organization: Indigo Network Operations Centre
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"Patrick M. Hausen" <hausen@punkt.de> writes:
>Of course, the port of INN sets ACT_STYLE to MMAP.

>Now, is this due to the "minor flaws" in the Adaptec
>driver, that some people reoprted for 2.2.0R?
>Is it safe to use mmap() with 2.2.1?

I'm using MMAP for ACT_STYLE, DBZ, and shared active in nnrpd and
everything seems OK.  This is on a 2.2.1 (with some later kernel patches,
but nothing that would effect mmap) with Adaptec controllers.
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