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Re: [PATCH] If NO_MMAP is defined, fake mmap() and munmap()

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Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 7, 2005, 23:57 UTC
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<20051007235735.GB14827@steel.home>
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Junio C Hamano, Sat, Oct 08, 2005 01:44:22 +0200:
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> > Since some platforms do not support mmap() at all, and others do only just 
> > so, this patch introduces the option to fake mmap() and munmap() by 
> > malloc()ing and read()ing explicitely.
> 
> I guess I can just drop Alex Riesen patch and any other recent
> patches that try to work around mmap().  Happy!
>

Me too. I was just about to make a read_cache read the whole index in (absolutely the same as Johannes, but not that elegant).

The platform(s) deserve such a treatment :)
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Message 3 of 3 in “If NO_MMAP is defined, fake mmap() and munmap()”
  1. If NO_MMAP is defined, fake mmap() and munmap()Johannes Schindelin, Oct 7, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoOct 7, 2005
  3. Alex RiesenOct 7, 2005

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