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  30. .Dd October 24, 2002
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  31. .Dt AIO 4
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  32. .Os
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  33. .Sh NAME
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  34. .Nm aio
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  35. .Nd asynchronous I/O
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  36. .Sh SYNOPSIS
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  37. To link into the kernel:
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  38. .Cd "options VFS_AIO"
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  39. .Pp
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  40. To load as a kernel loadable module:
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  41. .Dl kldload aio
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  42. .Sh DESCRIPTION
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  43. The
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  44. .Nm
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  45. facility provides system calls for asynchronous I/O.
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  46. It is available both as a kernel option for static inclusion and as a
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  47. dynamic kernel module.
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  48. .Sh SEE ALSO
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  49. .Xr aio_cancel 2 ,
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  50. .Xr aio_error 2 ,
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  51. .Xr aio_read 2 ,
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  52. .Xr aio_return 2 ,
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  53. .Xr aio_suspend 2 ,
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  54. .Xr aio_waitcomplete 2 ,
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  55. .Xr aio_write 2 ,
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  56. .Xr lio_listio 2 ,
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  57. .Xr config 8 ,
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  58. .Xr kldload 8 ,
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  59. .Xr kldunload 8
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  60. .Sh HISTORY
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  61. The
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  62. .Nm
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  63. facility appeared as a kernel option in
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  64. .Fx 3.0 .
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  65. The
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  66. .Nm
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  67. kernel module appeared in
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  68. .Fx 5.0 .
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