Re: mmap() is slower than read() on SCSI/IDE on 2.0 and 2.1

David S. Miller (davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com)
Mon, 14 Dec 1998 03:26:33 -0800

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read() does more prefetching than mmap() faults do, at least this was
the story last time I was playing around in this area...

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com

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