working example for mmap (for me OpenBSD 32 bit, chicken. master) added by C-Keen on Wed Oct 2 15:41:48 2013

;;; test.scm 
(use posix)
(use lolevel)

;; Reading 
#;(let* ((fd (file-open "example-mmap.scm" (+ open/read open/nonblock)))
       (size (file-size fd))
       (mmap (map-file-to-memory #f
                                 size
                                 prot/read
                                 (+ map/file map/shared)
                                 fd))
       (buf  (memory-mapped-file-pointer mmap))
       (str  (make-string size)))
  (move-memory! buf str size)
  (display str)
  (unmap-file-from-memory mmap)
  (file-close fd))

;; Writing - SEGFAULTS!
(let* ((fd (file-open "example-mmap.scm" open/rdwr))
       (size (file-size fd))
       (mmap (map-file-to-memory #f
                                 size
                                 (+ prot/read prot/write)
                                 (+ map/file map/shared)
                                 fd))
       (buf  (memory-mapped-file-pointer mmap)))
  (print "file size " size)
  (print "string size " (string-length "0123456789\n"))
  (print "buf " buf)
  (move-memory! "0123456789\n" buf size))