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Add O_DIRECT flag to DD for cache bypass

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Add O_DIRECT flag to DD for cache bypass

FreeBSD DD utility has not had support for the O_DIRECT flag, which
is useful to bypass local caching, e.g. for unconditionally issuing
NFS IO requests during testing.

Reviewed by: rgrimes (mentor)
Approved by: rgrimes (mentor, blanket)
MFC after: 3 weeks
Sponsored by: NetApp, Inc.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D25066

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Provenance
rscheffAuthored on
Reviewer
rgrimes
Differential Revision
D25066: Add O_DIRECT flag to DD for cache bypass
Parents
rS361805: em(4): Add support for Comet Lake Mobile Platform, update shared code
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