From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jun 26 12:02:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA08806 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 12:02:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from elvis.vnet.net (elvis.vnet.net [166.82.1.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA08737 for ; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 12:02:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by elvis.vnet.net (8.8.8/8.8.4) with ESMTP id PAA15064; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 15:01:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA06854; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 15:23:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.8.8/8.6.9) id OAA00581; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 14:56:28 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 14:56:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199806261856.OAA00581@lakes.dignus.com> To: dg@root.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Heads up: block devices to disappear! In-Reply-To: <199806261400.HAA10810@implode.root.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG David Greenman writes: > > All caching in Unix used to be device-based and the block device was the > thing being cached (as opposed to the character device which is uncached). > Starting with 4.4BSD, the cache is file-based, making the main reason for > the existence of the block device obsolete. > > -DG That's the reason I was looking for... the block devices had to have something that caused their necessity... - Dave R. - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message