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Date:      Sat, 02 Aug 1997 19:58:20 -0400
From:      "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        dyson@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: non-blocking file i/o 
Message-ID:  <22934.870566300@orion.webspan.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 02 Aug 1997 02:07:22 CDT." <199708020707.CAA11836@dyson.iquest.net> 

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"John S. Dyson" wrote in message ID
<199708020707.CAA11836@dyson.iquest.net>:
> The AIO code is a standard (nice) way to implement database I/O.

Will it allow the write() to complete more quickly and actually be
async, or just provide a callback to the program when the OS finally
commits the data to disk? For INN's DBZ, I don't think the callback
matters at all. The time it takes to do the write() is what is
important in this case.

Gary
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Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
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