Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 11:42:44 -0800 From: Mike Ruhl <mruhl@network-alchemy.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: wd vs ad Message-ID: <3A1AD033.D39AF963@network-alchemy.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Howdy, I recently upgraded to 4.0 and made the change from the /dev/wd* devices to /dev/ad* devices. And I had a few questions about this... :) 1) Can I safely delete the wd devices? I did a clean install of 4.0 and those devices where part of the install. Are they still necessary? Are they hanging around for backwards compatibility? 2) It appears that the ad devices are character devices instead of block devices. Further investigation reveals that all the wd devices are character devices as well. I have obviously missed something somewhere. When did the disk devices become character devices? Why the change? Has the driver model changed so that character/block devices are no longer "relevant"? A casual search of the archives hasn't revealed anything. :( Can someone point me to a location of where this was discussed? Thanks! Mike [-- Attachment #2 --] begin:vcard n:Ruhl;Michael J tel;work:(831) 440-6472 x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:Nokia adr:;;1538 Pacific Avenue;Santa Cruz;CA.;95060;U.S.A. version:2.1 email;internet:mruhl@cips.nokia.com title:Tall Blond Guy x-mozilla-cpt:;0 fn:Michael J Ruhl end:vcard
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