Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:13:47 +0100 From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "tar tfv /dev/cd0" speedup patch Message-ID: <20100218191347.GA4040@britannica.bec.de> In-Reply-To: <20100218183459.GA65508@triton8.kn-bremen.de> References: <20100217215940.GA19713@triton8.kn-bremen.de> <4B7CE066.4030403@freebsd.org> <20100218183459.GA65508@triton8.kn-bremen.de>
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On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 07:34:59PM +0100, Juergen Lock wrote: > Ok here is a new version of the patch with these things fixed and the > Linux case added: (Linux case not tested yet, and yes I did this on > stable/8.) Why the check at all? Shouldn't devices that don't allow seek fail that? E.g. for devices, just try to seek ahead and fallback to normal reading? Joerg
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