From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 4 11:52:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA12679 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 11:52:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (sj-dsl-9-129-138.dspeed.net [209.249.129.138]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA12674 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 11:52:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (localhost.star-gate.com [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA74122; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 11:52:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Message-Id: <199812041952.LAA74122@rah.star-gate.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Kevin Day cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Nonblocking page fetching In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 04 Dec 1998 08:31:39 CST." <199812041431.IAA27124@home.dragondata.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 11:52:05 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, See aio_read(2) I think is what you are looking for 8) Another way of doing it is by issuing a non blocking read and using select to determine when the read is ready. Have Fun, Amancio To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message