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Date:      Fri, 23 Sep 2005 04:33:44 GMT
From:      Toby Peterson <toby@apple.com>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   bin/86485: [PATCH] hexdump -s speedup on /dev
Message-ID:  <200509230433.j8N4XiA8066467@www.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <200509230440.j8N4e9iB018997@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         86485
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       [PATCH] hexdump -s speedup on /dev
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Sep 23 04:40:09 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Toby Peterson
>Release:        HEAD
>Organization:
Apple Computer, Inc.
>Environment:
n/a
>Description:
hexdump -s is very slow on devices when offset is large, because it doesn't try to fseek them.      
>How-To-Repeat:
Run hexdump -s <large offset> on a readable device.
>Fix:
Patch: http://lamancha.opendarwin.org/~toby/freebsd/hexdump.diff
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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