Hi.. On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:35 PM, Miles <bulkmail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > http://kerneltrap.org/node/7563 > > So Linus really hates O_DIRECT on files and can see no good use for it. In > the referenced white paper Andrea suggests the use of O_DIRECT to eliminate > CPU and memory bandwidth consumption during the process of copying to/from > user space. Hmmm: http://lwn.net/Articles/275185/ (Toward better direct I/O scalability) Looks like O_DIRECT still has supporters :D regards, Mulyadi. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
