On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > "A new DIRECTIO kernel option enables support for read operations that > bypass the buffer cache and put data directly into a userland buffer.... > > Will PostgreSQL pick this up automatically, or do we need to add extra > checks?
You don't want it to. It's more efficent just to use mmap, because then all the paging and caching issues are taken care of for you. cjs -- Curt Sampson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +81 90 7737 2974 http://www.netbsd.org Don't you know, in this new Dark Age, we're all light. --XTC ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
