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Diffstat (limited to 'configure.ac')
-rw-r--r-- | configure.ac | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 8dc0790..3a14090 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ AC_SUBST(HL_FOR) HL_FOR="" AC_MSG_CHECKING([if high level library is enabled]) AC_ARG_ENABLE([hl], [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-hl], - [Enable the high level library [default=yes]])], + [Enable the high-level library [default=yes]])], [HDF5_HL=$enableval], [HDF5_HL=yes]) @@ -2521,13 +2521,15 @@ fi ## Check if Direct I/O driver is enabled by --enable-direct-vfd ## -AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Direct Virtual File Driver support]) +AC_MSG_CHECKING([for direct virtual file driver (VFD) support]) AC_ARG_ENABLE([direct-vfd], [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-direct-vfd], - [Build the Direct I/O Virtual File Driver - [default=yes]])], - [DIRECT_VFD=$enableval], [DIRECT_VFD=yes]) + [Build the direct I/O virtual file driver (VFD). + This is based on the POSIX (sec2) VFD and + requires the open() call to take the O_DIRECT + flag. [default=no]])], + [DIRECT_VFD=$enableval], [DIRECT_VFD=no]) if test "$DIRECT_VFD" = "yes"; then AC_CACHE_VAL([hdf5_cv_direct_io], @@ -2548,7 +2550,7 @@ if test "$DIRECT_VFD" = "yes"; then if test ${hdf5_cv_direct_io} = "yes"; then AC_MSG_RESULT([yes]) AC_DEFINE([HAVE_DIRECT], [1], - [Define if the direct I/O virtual file driver should be compiled]) + [Define if the direct I/O virtual file driver (VFD) should be compiled]) else AC_MSG_RESULT([no]) DIRECT_VFD=no |