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From: John Dyson <dyson@dyson.iquest.net>
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Subject: Re: RE:About buffer cache
To: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com (Joe Greco)
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 16:16:38 -0500 (EST)
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> 
> > Even though, an implementation of madvise(2) which turns on the sequential
> > access policy for the mmap(2)ped file wouldn't be bad either.
> 
> I mentioned support for madvise() a while back to John Dyson and he
> suggested that it would be a weekend project, I have not checked back on
> this but I may have reason to do so pretty soon.
> 
> madvise() is perfect for these sorts of applications.
> 
Madvise is now mostly implemented in current (for the last couple of
months.)

John