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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!news.sgi.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!netnews.nwnet.net!nwnet.net!not-for-mail From: aad@nwnet.net (Anthony D'Atri) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: INN under BSDi-2.1, can I use MMAP for active file? Date: 30 Sep 1996 15:32:11 -0700 Organization: NorthWestNet, Bellevue, WA, USA, Earth Lines: 9 Message-ID: <52phpb$8a0@olympus.nwnet.net> References: <1996Sep30.174304@hujicc> Reply-To: aad@nwnet.net NNTP-Posting-Host: olympus.nwnet.net > The FAQ for INN claims that under BSD/OS version 2.0 one should not use MMAP >to read the active file, only the history one. Any idea whether this has been >changed with version 2.1? 2.0[1] and 2.1 don't behave any differently for me. MMAP on the active file works most of the time when one inserts the msync() call in icd.c. I found that I was getting occasional (once every week or eight) spurious throttles, though, so I backed it out.