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Date:      Tue, 24 Aug 1999 23:46:56 +0200
From:      Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
To:        freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: The I/O is too slow than linux
Message-ID:  <19990824234656.A40168@keltia.freenix.fr>
In-Reply-To: <199908241833.LAA15347@implode.root.com>; from David Greenman on Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 11:33:59AM -0700
References:  <Pine.GSO.3.95q.990824122227.552C-100000@elect8> <199908241833.LAA15347@implode.root.com>

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According to David Greenman:
>    As I recall, Linux doesn't have block devices (or is it that it doesn't
> have character devices?....hmmm).

They have only block devices under Linux. I never understood why. The other
way around (like we have) with only character devices makes sense with an
unified VM/buffer cache architecture.
-- 
Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 4.0-CURRENT #73: Sat Jul 31 15:36:05 CEST 1999



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