On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 20:42:50 +0000, Gordon Burditt wrote: >> [quoted text muted] > > Does O_DIRECT perhaps invoke some of the restrictions of "raw" > device files, where the current offset and transfer size must be a > multiple of some block size? (I don't see any mention of that in > FreeBSD's documentation.) What is the value of blocksize at the > time of the traceback above? I suggest keeping it well under 2G. > > Gordon L. Burditt
I'm not aware of such a restriction on O_DIRECT, but then I just learned of O_DIRECT's existence earlier today. :) The value of blocksize at the time of the error should be 1 megabyte. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list