I have read a document which tells me the following 4 things are done by the RAM embedded on disk driver controller. But I don't know what's difference between buffer and cache. Thanks!
RAM on disk drive controllers
1 firmware
2 speed matching buffer
3 prefetching buffer
4 cache (1 Reply)
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There are currently four UNIX.COM achievement awards up for grabs, as the say. Here they are, in no particular order:
The Order of the Raven
The Order of the Hippo
The Order of the Spider
The Order of the Dragon
Don't ask me what they mean, or who who will get those... (0 Replies)
Dear All,
Here is the current status of the badging system:
The Beta 1 phase of the new badging system is close to completion.
42 prototype badges have been "allocated"
6 prototype badge slots are held in reserve
The "alert you have new badges" prototype is running and is currently... (4 Replies)
Here is the current array of the short description of badges for the new prototype badging system (Beta 1) with 42 icons allocated (prototype logic written) and 6 reserved (for future use);
<?php
$badges_desc = array(
"fauser" => "Total Post Count",
"faaward" => "First Post",
... (6 Replies)
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We have a lot of amazing moderators and other very talented unix.com members who provide tireless top quality free technical support assistance to others. As a service to those long term unix.com members, I am making a new Patreon BBCODE badge available which can be posted in forum... (8 Replies)
Another major upgrade on the new UserCP today. I have created the "My Badges" page in the new control panel, and it's looking very cool :)
If you have visited the new UserCP recently, you will more-than-likely need to close your browser (completely) and then restart it to clear out the old... (2 Replies)
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pthread_detach
pthread_detach(3T)pthread_detach(3T)NAME
pthread_detach() - mark a thread as detached to reclaim its resources when it terminates
SYNOPSIS PARAMETERS
thread Thread whose resources are to be reclaimed immediately when it terminates.
DESCRIPTION
is used to detach the thread thread. When thread terminates, its resources will automatically be reclaimed by the system. If thread has
already terminated, causes the resources of thread to be reclaimed by the system.
does not cause thread to terminate.
Once a detached thread has terminated, its resources, including the thread ID, may be reused by the system. The return status of a detached
thread is lost when the thread terminates.
Calling this function multiple times for the same thread results in undefined behavior.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, returns zero. Otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error (the variable is not set).
ERRORS
If any of the following occur, the function returns the corresponding error number:
[EINVAL] thread does not refer to a joinable thread.
[ESRCH] No thread could be found corresponding to thread.
AUTHOR
was derived from the IEEE POSIX P1003.1c standard.
SEE ALSO pthread_create(3T), pthread_join(3T), wait(2).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
Pthread Library pthread_detach(3T)