Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 14:29:57 -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: <199712012129.OAA12636@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199712012125.QAA04181@dyson.iquest.net> References: <199712012109.OAA12464@mt.sri.com> <199712012125.QAA04181@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. > > I am surprised, do you really not know? I really don't know what VCHR is. I know what raw disk I/O is, but raw disk I/O is an example of many things, so I want to know precisely what VCHR is, not what are examples of it. Example, if you didn't know what Nate's new acronym 'DSM' was, and I said "floppy disks are an example of it", you still wouldn't know what it was. It could be a form-factor, a type of controller, or any number of things. Giving an example of something that is 'VCHR' doesn't explain what VCHR is. Nate
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