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diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h
index 6e7bf4821..5a294f30a 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
/* fhandler.h
Copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
- 2005, 2006 Red Hat, Inc.
+ 2005, 2006, 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
This file is part of Cygwin.
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ details. */
both flags are set. */
#define O_NONBLOCK_MASK (O_NONBLOCK | OLD_O_NDELAY)
+/* It appears that 64K is the block size used for buffered I/O on NT.
+ Using this blocksize in read/write calls in the application results
+ in a much better performance than using smaller values. */
+#define PREFERRED_IO_BLKSIZE ((blksize_t) 65536)
+
extern const char *windows_device_names[];
extern struct __cygwin_perfile *perfile_table;
#define __fmode (*(user_data->fmode_ptr))