character devices now? Looks like all the
> > support for block devices is contained in the cdevsw struct.
>
> Since no userland programs ever really had a good excuse for
> accessing block devices they have been retired from /dev. Block
> devices still exist, but are only accessable
terms of character devices now? Looks like all the
>support for block devices is contained in the cdevsw struct.
quick answer: yes.
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> support for block devices is contained in the cdevsw struct.
Since no userland programs ever really had a good excuse for
accessing block devices they have been retired from /dev. Block
devices still exist, but are only accessable within the kernel.
David.
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Quick question,
I was trolling around the FreeBSD kernel source and the dev directory and
noticed there is no bdevsw structure and no block driver files. Is
everything implemented in terms of character devices now? Looks like all the
support for block devices is contained in the cdevsw struct
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