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From: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>
To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/compat/linux linux_stats.c
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On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 06:37:36PM +1100, Bruce Evans wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Josef Karthauser wrote:
> 
> > On the assumption that linux uses block mode for all "disk" access
> > it seems like the correct thing to do.  I'll verify that vmware
> > still accesses the cdrom device... md's and vn's aren't going to be
> > directly accessed by the linuxulator (are they?), rather accessed as
> > pre-mounted filesystems.
> 
> Of course they are.  From one of my old vmware2 configs:
> 
>     DRIVETYPE      ide
>     CYLINDERS  13328
>     HEADS         15
>     SECTORS       63
>     ACCESS "/dev/vn0" 0 12594960

In this case looking at D_DISK does the correct thing, doesn't it?
Joe


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