On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, Derek Martin wrote:
> The standard C library has buffered I/O routines that write to buffers in
> memory (such as fprintf and fwrite), and only when the buffer is filled
> does it flush the buffer to disk or whatever.

  I don't know for sure (IANAKH either ;), but I think standard C library I/O
buffers are implemented purely in userland.  Kernel buffers are a separate
entity.

-- 
Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| "An oak tree is a nut that stood its ground."  -- Unknown |


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