Re: Ottawa - kernel hackers ...
- From: Joel Becker <jlbec evilplan org>
- To: Alan Cox <alan redhat com>
- Cc: Soeren Sandmann <sandmann daimi au dk>, Michael Meeks <michael ximian com>, Luis Villa <louie ximian com>, gnome-hackers gnome org, desktop-devel-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: Ottawa - kernel hackers ...
- Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 17:52:05 +0100
On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 09:28:18AM -0400, Alan Cox wrote:
> In the Linux world you have readahead() but its non standard. Older Linux
> has POSIX AIO using threads, 2.5.x and some vendor 2.4.x implement the
> same functionality kernel side. Using posix AIO as an option is the right
> approach because readahead is linux magic while AIO will work on most modern
> unixen and is portable
I've got a POSIX API wrapper around the new kernel-side
functionality. It lives at
http://oss.oracle.com/projects/libaio-oracle/. Grab the latest HEAD
source. You'll need 2.5 or a vendor system with the support.
Joel
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