;;
esac
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([for O_DIRECT flag to open(2)],samba_cv_HAVE_OPEN_O_DIRECT,[
+AC_TRY_COMPILE([
+#include <unistd.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_FCNTL_H
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#endif],
+[int fd = open("/dev/null", O_DIRECT);],
+samba_cv_HAVE_OPEN_O_DIRECT=yes,samba_cv_HAVE_OPEN_O_DIRECT=no)])
+if test x"$samba_cv_HAVE_OPEN_O_DIRECT" = x"yes"; then
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OPEN_O_DIRECT,1,[Whether the open(2) accepts O_DIRECT])
+fi
+
###############################################
# test for where we get crypt() from
AC_CHECK_LIB_EXT(crypt, CRYPT_LIBS, crypt)
fdh->h.io_write = fd_write_func;
fdh->h.io_seek = fd_seek_func;
- if (options & DD_DIRECT_IO)
+ if (options & DD_DIRECT_IO) {
+#ifdef HAVE_OPEN_O_DIRECT
oflags |= O_DIRECT;
+#else
+ DEBUG(1, ("no support for direct IO on this platform\n"));
+#endif
+ }
if (options & DD_SYNC_IO)
oflags |= O_SYNC;