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From: sharad@ccicpg.uucp (Sharad Srivastava)
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Subject: POSIX interface for Direct I/O.
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Date: 17 Dec 90 22:04:40 GMT
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Submitted-by: sharad@ccicpg.uucp (Sharad Srivastava)

I am trying to get the POSIX standard on Direct I/O.

By Direct I/O, I mean the ability to read/write data directly from/to
a regular file into/from user address space without going through kernel
space.

Specifically, I need the ioctl command and argument bits.

Can anyone help ?

						- Thanx
						  Sharad Srivastava

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