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authoralfred <alfred@FreeBSD.org>2002-10-22 16:12:27 +0000
committeralfred <alfred@FreeBSD.org>2002-10-22 16:12:27 +0000
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Explain to users that they may want to kldload aio.
Move Xref sections. Submitted by: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@attbi.com>
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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/aio_return.2 b/lib/libc/sys/aio_return.2
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@@ -63,15 +63,6 @@ returns
and sets
.Dv errno
to indicate the error condition.
-.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr aio_cancel 2 ,
-.Xr aio_error 2 ,
-.Xr aio_read 2 ,
-.Xr aio_suspend 2 ,
-.Xr aio_write 2 ,
-.Xr fsync 2 ,
-.Xr read 2 ,
-.Xr write 2
.Sh ERRORS
The
.Fn aio_return
@@ -81,6 +72,35 @@ function will fail if:
.Fa iocb
does not reference an outstanding asynchronous I/O request.
.El
+.Sh KERNEL OPTIONS
+The following kernel configuration option
+(see
+.Xr config 8 )
+is required:
+.Pp
+.Dl "options VFS_AIO"
+.Pp
+If you do not want AIO support included in the kernel, but
+want to use it occasionally, do not add the
+.Dv VFS_AIO
+option. Instead, load the
+.Nm aio
+module as desired:
+.Pp
+.Dl kldload aio
+.Pp
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr aio_cancel 2 ,
+.Xr aio_error 2 ,
+.Xr aio_suspend 2 ,
+.Xr aio_waitcomplete 2 ,
+.Xr aio_write 2 ,
+.Xr fsync 2 ,
+.Xr read 2 ,
+.Xr write 2 ,
+.Xr config 8 ,
+.Xr kldload 8 ,
+.Xr kldunload 8
.Sh STANDARDS
.Fn aio_return
is expected to conform to the
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