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Date:      Tue, 05 Sep 2000 11:57:52 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libstand close.c lseek.c open.c read.c stand.h 
Message-ID:  <57819.968147872@critter>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 05 Sep 2000 02:52:51 PDT." <200009050952.CAA81554@freefall.freebsd.org> 

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In message <200009050952.CAA81554@freefall.freebsd.org>, Mike Smith writes:
>msmith      2000/09/05 02:52:50 PDT
>
>  Modified files:
>    lib/libstand         close.c lseek.c open.c read.c stand.h 
>  Log:
>  Implement readahead buffering for non-raw files.  This drastically improves
>  the efficiency of byte-by-byte read operations on filesystems not already
>  supported by the block cache (especially NFS).
>  
>  This should be a welcome change for users booting via PXE, as the loader
>  now reads its startup files almost instantly, instead of taking tens of
>  seconds.

Tested by:		phk
Highly appreciated by:	phk

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