From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 12 15:13:05 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA29064 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 12 Mar 1996 15:13:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA29007 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 1996 15:12:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id JAA29670; Wed, 13 Mar 1996 09:50:10 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199603122320.JAA29670@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: non-blocking read ? To: msmith@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 09:50:09 +1030 (CST) Cc: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it, leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199603122202.IAA29184@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Mar 13, 96 08:32:48 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Michael Smith stands accused of saying: > > Grr, read my original response. I wasn't being stupid. Only on further investigation it looks like I might be. Can one of the _real_ kernel FS knowledgentsia clarify the current operation of O_ASYNC? -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[