Re: [patch 6/12] hold atomic kmaps across generic_file_read

From: Ingo Oeser (ingo.oeser@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de)
Date: Mon Aug 12 2002 - 10:20:30 EST

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On Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 08:01:17PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Solaris 9 (and Solaris 8 with a certain patch) support Linux-style
> sendfile(). Linux 2.5 on the other hand doesn't support sendfile to
> files anymore..

Why got it broken? It was useful for copying and showing the
progress at the same time without touching the own VM.

Regards

Ingo Oeser

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