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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Sun,  2 Nov 2008 19:50:54 -0500
To: weigelt@metux.de, 9fans@9fans.net
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Subject: Re: [9fans] mmap
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> * Roman V. Shaposhnik <rvs@sun.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 17:29 +0200, Enrico Weigelt wrote:
> > > Convenience is one point (sometimes be a big point), but another
> > > important one is sharing. Without mmap(), an (real) shared library
> > > support most likely will require special kernel support.
> >
> > What aspect of shared libraries are you aching for? Dynamic
> > linking or the dynamic loading?
>
> 3rd: Sharing pages.

segment(3) already provides this.

- erik