at> mmap( 1Tb file ) into 64bit address space at> use part X of the file at> tell OS that part X of file is no longer needed
shap> Yes shap> also need tell OS that I am about to need part Y of file" for load-ahead shap> now consider what happens if you are mutating that stream on the way shap> through (which is common in audio applications). You are telling the OS shap> that part X can be removed from memory, but this is not the same as shap> saying that it is no longer needed. Sorry.. difficult to understand... could you plz explain a bit more? Do we want to save page back to disk? Modify original stream file? Are we writing another file? shap> Now if we want to pursue Andy's proposal further, we will next propose shap> that this should be handled by a mapping of a temporary file So what's our sound processing app doing? Anton _______________________________________________ L4-hurd mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/l4-hurd
