Subject: Re: Proposed new syscalls: pread and pwrite
To: Paul Kranenburg <pk@cs.few.eur.nl>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/04/1995 17:55:04
On Tue, 5 Dec 1995 00:56:25 +0100 (MET) 
 Paul Kranenburg <pk@cs.few.eur.nl> wrote:

 > They would probably have to go in the svr4 compat box anyway.
 > Are these part of the svr4 API or SunOS extensions, BTW?

I'd heard they were added to a recent version of Solaris (2.4? ... is 2.5 
out yet?)

Given that:
	a) there is a noticeable, even if small, performance increase,

	b) they would be beneficial to compat code,

I'd tend to favor their inclusion.

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