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Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 20:05:05 -0200 (BRST)
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Dan Maas wrote:

> > I bet they're getting mmap()d, like all mp3 programs seem to do
>
> Just a note here - I see much fewer buffer underruns and more consistent
> read-ahead/drop-behind behavior (i.e. no paging of other programs) when
> using plain read(), as opposed to mmap().

Consider this a VM bug, mmap() really should be more efficient.

regards,

Rik
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