From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jun 24 11:46:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA03248 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 11:46:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.camalott.com (root@mail.camalott.com [208.203.140.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA03160 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 11:46:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joelh@gnu.org) Received: from detlev.UUCP (tex-141.camalott.com [208.229.74.141] (may be forged)) by mail.camalott.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA15509; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 13:45:14 -0500 Received: (from joelh@localhost) by detlev.UUCP (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA03422; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 13:45:38 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from joelh) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 13:45:38 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199806241845.NAA03422@detlev.UUCP> To: phk@critter.freebsd.dk CC: peter@netplex.com.au, chuckr@glue.umd.edu, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <2057.898670484@critter.freebsd.dk> (message from Poul-Henning Kamp on Wed, 24 Jun 1998 08:41:24 +0200) Subject: Re: Heads up: block devices to disappear! From: Joel Ray Holveck Reply-to: joelh@gnu.org References: <2057.898670484@critter.freebsd.dk> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Peter pretty much got it right on the nail. The distinction between > block and character device will in the future be made solely based on > which access method is employed. > More details as things progress. So could we, in theory (devfs aside for the moment), put up block devices as renamed character devices, and retain the interface? Best, joelh -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message