Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 11:23:20 +0200 From: Ulf Lilleengen <lulf@stud.ntnu.no> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev/gzero vs /dev/zero Message-ID: <20070801092320.GA31415@stud.ntnu.no> In-Reply-To: <20070801020623.GK37494@obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au> References: <20070801014957.GH37494@obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au> <46AFE7A1.9000800@delphij.net> <20070801020623.GK37494@obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au>
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On ons, aug 01, 2007 at 10:06:23 +0800, Wilkinson, Alex wrote: > 0n Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 09:53:37AM +0800, LI Xin wrote: > > >Wilkinson, Alex wrote: > >> Why would I use one over the other ? > > > >No, gzero is used with geom_zero and you should not use it directly. > > > Huh ? I know this ? But why would one use gzero and not /dev/zero ? > /dev/gzero is a GEOM provider, and /dev/zero is not. This means you could attach other GEOM classes to it. But to just get zeroes, using /dev/zero is all you need :) -- Ulf Lilleengen
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