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From: Konrad Heuer <kheuer2@gwdg.de>
To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
Cc: Brian Henning <b1henning@hotmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: rfd0 fd0
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On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Mike Meyer wrote:

> In <20030225083805.S29371-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de>, Konrad Heuer <kheuer2@gwdg.de> 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 This is out-of-date information.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?

Konrad


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