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| author | Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> | 2018-10-22 14:23:30 -0400 |
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| committer | Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> | 2018-10-22 14:23:30 -0400 |
| commit | d35f3c3cd77ba59ee64cb7a5cc4650258cf2e05c (patch) | |
| tree | c5a22e3557c9eb05c63c5de21b7373db58131a8a | |
| parent | 603cab72cb680b252281b1ab3e361a18fab5aee7 (diff) | |
| download | libaio-d35f3c3cd77ba59ee64cb7a5cc4650258cf2e05c.tar.gz | |
Add README.md
The main reason is to document that submitting patches to the mailing
list is the preferred method for contributing code.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..692f4a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +# libaio + +The Linux-native asynchronous I/O facility ("async I/O", or "aio") has a +richer API and capability set than the simple POSIX async I/O facility. +This library, libaio, provides the Linux-native API for async I/O. +The POSIX async I/O facility requires this library in order to provide +kernel-accelerated async I/O capabilities, as do applications which +require the Linux-native async I/O API. + +## Contributing + +Patches should be submitted to linux-aio@kvack.org. |