Subject: Re: "low level" access for testing
To: None <briggs@puma.macbsd.com>
From: John P. Wittkoski <jpw@netscape.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/04/1996 13:29:23
briggs@puma.macbsd.com wrote:
> How much "part of the kernel"? If you just want access to the memory,
> that can be accomplished by using (or possibly hacking a bit then using)
> /dev/mem.
I can get away with just access to the memory areas where the actual
devices are (chip-wise, that is). But won't access through /dev/mem
be really slow? So just access it like a big file? (Sorry, I don't
know much about using /dev/mem)
--John