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From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com>
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To: Steve Quirk <squirk@home.com>
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Subject: Re: pwrite syscall
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Steve Quirk wrote:
> 
> I'm running Oracle 8.1.6 (installed via nfs from a Linux host).  It's
> running ok (though I can't qualify that beyond "I can do simple
> operations").
> 
> I'm getting a lot of
>         "linux: syscall pwrite is obsoleted or not implemented (pid=4217)
>          last message repeated XX times"
> in messages.
> 
> Process 4217 is "ora_ckpt".
> 
> Is there a reason why the Linux pwrite isn't mapped to the FreeBSD pwrite
> syscall?  The man pages for pwrite(2) look compatible between the two
> systems.

pwrite and pread have been implemented in -current just yesterday. A MFC
can be expected within a couple of days (both to 4-stable and 3-stable).

The interface exposed is the same, but FreeBSD has an additional
argument for the syscall.

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Marcel Moolenaar
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