On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 10:53:51AM -0500, David Mansfield wrote:
> This may be a bit OT, but when you say O_DIRECT, that implies that you
> can pass that flag to open(2) and it will bypass the page cache, and
yes.
> read directly into user-space buffers (zero-copy IO)? Does this also
yes.
> bypass the read-ahead mechanisms in the kernel? Does it imply O_SYNC?
yes.
It's rawio through the fs. It's not included into 2.4-latest yet.
Andrea
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
