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Date:      Mon, 1 Dec 1997 16:03:09 -0500 (EST)
From:      "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
To:        nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams)
Cc:        toor@dyson.iquest.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FYI: usage of new AIO calls
Message-ID:  <199712012103.QAA00930@dyson.iquest.net>
In-Reply-To: <199712012057.NAA12418@mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "Dec 1, 97 01:57:54 pm"

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Nate Williams said:
> > This code is NOT pretty, but does show example usage.  The code will
> > likely have problems on SMP kernels (unless you are writing to a VCHR
> > device.)
> 
> What is a VCHR device?  You mention it quite a lot in the commit
> messages, but I have no idea what it is, unless it's like a acronym
> cross combining VHS and VCR. :)
> 
RAW disk I/O is an example.

-- 
John
dyson@freebsd.org
jdyson@nc.com



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