ocie(at)paracel(dot)com wrote:
>
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > Would people tell me what platforms do NOT support the MAP_ANON flag to
> > the mmap() system call? You should find it in the mmap() manual page.
>
> Doesn't seem to appear in Linux (2.0.30 kernel). As another poster
> commented, /dev/zero can be mapped for anonymous memory.
although 'man mmap' does not say it, it is present in sys/mman.h on
linux (at least 2.0.33)
it is NOT present in Solaris x86 v.2.6
it is NOT present in SINIX v5.42 (UNIX(r) System V Release 4.1)
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Hannu Krosing