Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 10:03:12 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1046620993.082731@mired.org> To: Konrad Heuer <kheuer2@gwdg.de> Cc: Brian Henning <b1henning@hotmail.com>, freebsd <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: rfd0 fd0 Message-ID: <15963.37824.912975.511372@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20030225083805.S29371-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de> References: <OE49NBhdS2EPUGxvMEO000162ba@hotmail.com> <20030225083805.S29371-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
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In <20030225083805.S29371-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de>, Konrad Heuer <kheuer2@gwdg.de> typed: > On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Brian Henning wrote: > > what is the difference between these two devices? > fd0 ist a block-oriented device, data are cached in the buffer cache; > rfd0 is a byte-oriented raw device; data are always read from or > immediately written to the device. This is out-of-date information. Both fd0 and rfd0 are raw character devices these days. The old names were kept around for backwards compatability, but there is no difference between them. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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