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On 09/02/21 16:41, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> I wonder about the use case.

for example, many existing video applications use mmap() to map the 
device memory to userspace memory. Adding support for mmap() to CUSE 
would allow these apps to work without any modifications with CUSE-based 
  device drivers other than kernel drivers.