O_DIRECT

From: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: "Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: O_DIRECT
Date: 2001-09-26 02:30:17
Message-ID: ECEHIKNFIMMECLEBJFIGMEBKCCAA.chriskl@familyhealth.com.au
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The O_DIRECT flag has been added in FreeBSD 4.4 (386 & Alpha) also. From
the release notes:

Kernel Changes

The O_DIRECT flag has been added to open(2) and fcntl(2). Specifying this
flag for open files will attempt to minimize the cache effects of reading
and writing.

See: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.4R/relnotes-i386.html

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