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Date:      Thu, 24 Feb 2000 18:55:20 +0000
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To:        cdel <c_deless@efn.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What is interface ds0 used for?
Message-ID:  <20000224185520.E26191@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSU.4.05.10002240950590.13932-100000@garcia.efn.org>
References:  <Pine.GSU.4.05.10002240950590.13932-100000@garcia.efn.org>

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cdel wrote:

> I never noticed this device before. I grep'd sys/i386/conf to find a
> mention but of ds0 couldn't.

It's a discard interface, included as a result of "pseudo-device disc"
in your kernel config. If you don't use it, I guess you can remove it.
I guess the string "ds0" should be mentioned in LINT somewhere (any docs
people reading want to fix this?).

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Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP: 0x99392F7D


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