On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 12:57:38PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 10:39:17AM -0500, Joe Buehler wrote: > >One thing to investigate would be what happens when Windows trys to mmap() > >a sparse file. It doesn't bother a UNIX box, but Windows? Perhaps that > >is what BitTorrent is presently doing? > > Hmm. Good point. Does some brave soul want to apply the patch and do some > experimenting?
I'm going to test that *shiver*. Just a hint: Since we're calling GetVolumeInformation in path.cc anyway, it could make sense to remember the sparseness of the FS at that point. So fhandler_disk_file::open() could use that result when thinking about calling that new DeviceIoControl() call. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc.