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From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>
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Subject: Re: Heads up: block devices to disappear!
In-Reply-To: <199806240717.AAA27134@vampire.sung.org> from "Christian Sung" at "Jun 24, 98 00:17:49 am"
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Christian Sung once stated:

=I **strongly** agree.  I don't see a significant gain in removing block
=devices, yet it somehow seems that on the other hand we'd lose some degree
=of functionality in doing so.

Just wondering, can't one do all the buffering one needs in user-space?
With, say, buffer or team?

	-mi

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