shm -- Kernel Module

Kernel module for shared memory

The kernel module shm enables System V-style shared memory.  It is called a
kernel module  because you can link  it into your kernel  or exclude it, as
you wish,  just like a  device driver; yet  it is not a  true device driver
because it does not perform I/O with a peripheral device.

See Also

device drivers,
kernel,
shmget()

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness