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diff --git a/nuttx/fs/mmap/Kconfig b/nuttx/fs/mmap/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 000000000..03482e2d8 --- /dev/null +++ b/nuttx/fs/mmap/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +# +# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file, +# see misc/tools/kconfig-language.txt. +# + +config FS_RAMMAP + bool "File mapping emulation" + default n + ---help--- + NuttX operates in a flat open address space and is focused on MCUs that do + support Memory Management Units (MMUs). Therefore, NuttX generally does not + require mmap() functionality and the MCUs generally cannot support true + memory-mapped files. + + However, memory mapping of files is the mechanism used by NXFLAT, the NuttX + tiny binary format, to get files into memory in order to execute them. + mmap() support is therefore required to support NXFLAT. + + If FS_RAMMAP is defined in the configuration, then mmap() will + support simulation of memory mapped files by copying files whole + into RAM. These copied files have some of the properties of + standard memory mapped files. + + See nuttx/fs/mmap/README.txt for additonal information. + +if FS_RAMMAP +endif |