On Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:39:21 +0200 (MET DST) 
 Matthias Drochner <drochner@zelux6.zel.kfa-juelich.de> wrote:

 > Is somebody working on this?
 > Would it work to borrow from FreeBSD code (which
 > doesn't map shm into kernel space)?

I think it might be worth pursuing something like they have done, yes.
Personally, I see zero reason why it needs to be mapped into kernel
space in the first place.

Jason R. Thorpe                                       thorpej@nas.nasa.gov
NASA Ames Research Center                            Home: +1 408 866 1912
NAS: M/S 258-6                                       Work: +1 415 604 0935
Moffett Field, CA 94035                             Pager: +1 415 428 6939