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From: Andrey Chernov <ache@FreeBSD.ORG>
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Subject: Re: Sub-optimal libc's read-ahead buffering behaviour
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On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 10:58:38AM +0200, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> I think that any buffering should be disabled for reading from chardev
> no matter how "historic" our current behaviour is.

Perhaps so. But this thing is user-controlled. He can explicetely use
setvbuf to disable buffering. If he does not, he knows, that this 
particular chardev is buffer-friendly. Since he can't control in-buffer 
seeking on/off trigger, it always stays off for chardev.

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