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From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
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Subject: Re: DRI under Linux compat problem
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mag@intron.ac wrote:

> Hi,
>     Do you think it is meaningful to implement asynchronous IO system
> calls of Linux kernel in FreeBSD kernel? They are
>
> 245     AUE_NULL        UNIMPL  linux_io_setup
> 246     AUE_NULL        UNIMPL  linux_io_destroy
> 247     AUE_NULL        UNIMPL  linux_io_getevents
> 248     AUE_NULL        UNIMPL  linux_io_submit
> 249     AUE_NULL        UNIMPL  linux_io_cancel

If you use an application which wants to use the AIO calls and if this
application does not work otherwise or performs better with AIO calls, it
would be beneficial to implement them.

I don't know if we have linux software in the ports collection which wants to
use AIO calls.

Bye,
Alexander.

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