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Date:      Mon, 1 Dec 1997 14:09:10 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
Cc:        nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams), current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FYI: usage of new AIO calls
Message-ID:  <199712012109.OAA12464@mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <199712012103.QAA00930@dyson.iquest.net>
References:  <199712012057.NAA12418@mt.sri.com> <199712012103.QAA00930@dyson.iquest.net>

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> > What is a VCHR device?  You mention it quite a lot in the commit
> > messages, but I have no idea what it is, unless it's like a acronym
> > cross combining VHS and VCR. :)
>
> RAW disk I/O is an example.

But, what is it?  Raw disk I/O is an example of many things unrelated to
VCHR, so telling me an example of something still doesn't tell me what a
VCHR device is.



Nate



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