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Subject: Re: VM Requirement Document - v0.0
From: Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr>
To: Dan Maas <dmaas@dcine.com>
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On 26 Jun 2001 20:43:33 -0400, Dan Maas wrote:
> > Windows NT/2000 has flags that can be for each CreateFile operation
> > ("open" in Unix terms), for instance
> >
> >   FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY
> >   FILE_FLAG_WRITE_THROUGH
> >   FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING
> >   FILE_FLAG_RANDOM_ACCESS
> >   FILE_FLAG_SEQUENTIAL_SCAN
> >
> 

We do (nearly) already have O_DIRECT which won't touch cache (alas I
don't think I will read-ahead more)

Xav