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Subject: Re: Fileops in file.h
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On Sunday, November 07, 2010 10:08:08 am Fernando Apestegu=EDa wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I'm trying to understand  some pieces of the FreeBSD kernel.
> Having a look at struct fileops in file.h I was wondering why other
> file related functions don't have an entry in the function vector. I
> was thinking in mmap, fsync or sendfile.
>=20
> Can anyone tell me the reason?

Mostly that it hasn't been done yet.  If there was a clean way to do an=20
f_mmap() and get some of the type-specific knowledge out of vm_mmap.c I'd=20
really like it.

=2D-=20
John Baldwin