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From: davec@hammer.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: 4.2 readv() and writev()
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Date: Wed, 21-Mar-84 17:41:43 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 21 17:41:43 1984
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I am in the process of implementing a couple of device
drivers to run with a 4.2 BSD kernel.  The devices use DMA, 
so I am planning not to implement the scatter/gather I/O
functionality of the "readv" and "writev" system calls 
for these drivers.

Can anyone tell me if this will break Unix?  I cannot
find any examples of utilities or systems that use 
readv/writev now, so do not believe that it should
make much difference.

Dave Cobbley
Tektronix, Inc.
Wilsonville, Oregon
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