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Date:      Thu, 4 Aug 2005 10:08:30 +0400
From:      Andrey Chernov <ache@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Maxim.Sobolev@portaone.com, Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>, "current@freebsd.org" <current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Sub-optimal libc's read-ahead buffering behaviour
Message-ID:  <20050804060830.GB21228@nagual.pp.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20050804060251.GA21228@nagual.pp.ru>
References:  <42F0CCD5.9090200@portaone.com> <20050803150117.GD93405@dan.emsphone.com> <42F0E9B2.9080208@portaone.com> <20050804060251.GA21228@nagual.pp.ru>

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On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 10:02:51AM +0400, Andrey Chernov wrote:
> No surprize. Single read can be consider as sort of "atomic" operation.
> But between read & seek character device itself can move its pointer in 
> anyplace.

No only move the pinter, but change contents too. Consider reading 
/dev/mem

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