Subject: Re: sparse file support in lseek
To: None <tech-kern@NetBSD.org>
From: Eric Haszlakiewicz <erh@swapsimple.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/24/2006 12:40:21
On Sun, Dec 24, 2006 at 12:18:33PM -0600, Travis H. wrote:
> Resending with proper envelope from address.
>=20
> One of the ZFS guys added flags to lseek for sparse file support
> in ZFS, and I was wondering what the NetBSD guys thought of the
> idea:
>=20
> http://blogs.sun.com/bonwick/category/ZFS

For the lazy:

http://blogs.sun.com/bonwick/category/ZFS#seek_hole_and_seek_data

Sounds reasonable, but I can't say much about how hard it'd be to
implement in NetBSD

eric