Posix AIO in new Red Hat Linux

Hi everyone,

I just read the annoucement of the public beta for Red Hat Linux's new
server-oriented edition (code named Pensacola) :

https://listman.redhat.com/pipermail/redhat-watch-list/2002-February/000466.html

One of the things this mentions being included/tuned in its kernel is :
 POSIX AIO for disk access (database helper)

Does anyone know what this does, and if it's something we'll be able to
leverage (i.e. better performance, etc)?

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift

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