From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 3 10:15:33 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BC3F1065F8F; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 10:15:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from is@rambler-co.ru) Received: from relay0.rambler.ru (relay0.rambler.ru [81.19.66.187]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 128C68FC14; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 10:15:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from is@rambler-co.ru) Received: from localhost (is1.park.rambler.ru [81.19.64.121]) by relay0.rambler.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C8535CA0; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 13:55:55 +0400 (MSD) Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 13:53:52 +0400 From: Igor Sysoev To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080903095352.GA62541@rambler-co.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Cc: Tor Egge Subject: vfs.ffs.rawreadahead X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:15:33 -0000 Hi, could anyone tell what does vfs.ffs.rawreadahead enable ? As I understand it's used in DIRECTIO code that allows read data directly to an userland buffer bypassing the buffer cache. What I can not understand where the read ahead data can be placed in ? -- Igor Sysoev http://sysoev.ru/en/