Memory Mapping Multiple Regions

From: Jake (jake_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/24/04 

Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 14:31:39 +0100

Is it possible to memory map more than one area? I have a buffer in a
device driver which I can mmap to. But I would like a second buffer which
is can also be mmap'ed to. The only way I can think of doing it is to use
the ioctl() function to set a flag. This flag will indicate which buffer is
to be mmap'ed. Then when mmap is called the flag is checked and the
necessary action is taken.

Any ideas?

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