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Subject: Re: [PATCH] O_STREAMING - flag for optimal streaming I/O
From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
To: Marco Colombo <marco@esi.it>
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On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 10:10, Marco Colombo wrote:

> >  #define O_NOFOLLOW	0400000 /* don't follow links */
> >  #define O_NOFOLLOW	0x20000	/* don't follow links */
> ...
> 04000000 != 0x400000
> 
> or am I missing something?

No need.  See for example O_NOFOLLOW right above.  Each architecture can
do has it pleases (I wish otherwise, but...).

> (do different archs dream of different O_STREAMING values?)

If they so choose.  Just look at the formats of the two numbers you
posted, even those are different.

	Robert Love


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