john hall johnhallevergonet used async io system v 87 88 time frame way cause thought cool see could keep tape spinning believe linux catching ability async io already existed unix world john hall 13464 95th ave ne kirkland wa 98034 original message forkadminxentcom mailtoforkadminxentcom behalf adam l beberg sent saturday august 31 2002 735 pm forkspamassassintaintorg subject gasp red hat linux advanced server provides many high end features support asynchronous io read io longer needs stall application waiting completion could 20 years without feature unix finally catches windows io doesnt totally suck nontrivial apps way ok signals flag completely ghetto least trying keep trying guys got idea clue adam l duncan beberg httpwwwmithralcombeberg bebergmithralcom tue 3 sep 2002 132740 0700 gasp