libaio: libaio (asynchronous I/O library) libaio: libaio: The Linux-native asynchronous I/O facility ("async I/O", or "aio") libaio: has a richer API and capability set than the simple POSIX async I/O libaio: facility. This library provides the Linux-native API for async I/O. libaio: The POSIX async I/O facility requires this library in order to libaio: provide kernel-accelerated async I/O capabilities, as do applications libaio: which require the Linux-native async I/O API. libaio: libaio: libaio: