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Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:

> >     open(filename, O_DIRECT);     /* likewise */
> 
> Andrea has this working on 2.4 + patches

Is O_DIRECT slated to go into mainstream 2.4?  Or is it a 2.5 thing?
Or neither?

-Doug
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