On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 10:48:21AM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Konrad Heuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > > On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Mike Meyer wrote: > > > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Konrad Heuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > > > > On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Brian Henning wrote: > > > > > what is the difference between these two devices? > > > > fd0 ist a block-oriented device, data are cached in the buffer cache; > > > > rfd0 is a byte-oriented raw device; data are always read from or > > > > immediately written to the device. > > > This is out-of-date information. Both fd0 and rfd0 are raw character > > > devices these days. The old names were kept around for backwards > > > compatability, but there is no difference between them. > > What does it mean - "these days"? When did the change occur? > > I'm not sure. 4.6 sounds right, but might not be. To get exact > details, check the CVS logs. I'd check /dev/MAKEDEV.
A bit earlier than that. The change occured in Nov/Dec 1999, a couple of months before the RELENG_4 branch was created, so all of the 4.x releases have been without block devices. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
