Please CC: me on any replies, as I am not subscribed to the list. I want to do some bio IO on a block device (*no* filesystem involved).
First I need to get hold of the struct block_device. What is the current recommended way to get from the name of a device (e.g. "/dev/sda1") to the corresponding struct block_device ? What is the current canonical representation of a device - dev_t ? Did kdev_t go away ? Given the struct block_device, can I immediately use it in a bio, or do I need to prepare the device first ? I think I understand how to submit a bio, once I have the block_device ready. I have read that the handling of block_devices is not as straightforward as it could be... ( http://lwn.net/Articles/247072/ ) Any suggestions would be appreciated. Again, please CC: me on any replies. Tim - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
