Stefan Hoffmeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > Windows NT/2000 has flags that can be for each CreateFile operation > ("open" in Unix terms), for instance > > FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY > > FILE_FLAG_WRITE_THROUGH > FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING > FILE_FLAG_RANDOM_ACCESS > FILE_FLAG_SEQUENTIAL_SCAN > > If Linux does not have mechanism that would allow the signalling of > specific use case, it might be helpful to implement such a hinting > system? madvise(2) does it on mappings IIRC -- Seeking summer job at last minute - see http://ape.n3.net/cv.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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