Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 13:45:38 -0500 (CDT) From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> To: phk@critter.freebsd.dk Cc: peter@netplex.com.au, chuckr@glue.umd.edu, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Heads up: block devices to disappear! Message-ID: <199806241845.NAA03422@detlev.UUCP> In-Reply-To: <2057.898670484@critter.freebsd.dk> (message from Poul-Henning Kamp on Wed, 24 Jun 1998 08:41:24 %2B0200) References: <2057.898670484@critter.freebsd.dk>
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> 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
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