Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 17:08:44 -0600 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> To: Kevin Hui <khui@cs.toronto.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Raw disk access in userland Message-ID: <20010704170844.A47113@panzer.kdm.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0107041755320.29598-100000@gardiner.cs>; from khui@cs.toronto.edu on Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 05:58:58PM -0400 References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0107041755320.29598-100000@gardiner.cs>
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On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 17:58:58 -0400, Kevin Hui wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm wondering if *BSD have any support for user programs to access raw > disk devices, unbuffered. Such support is available under Linux: > > http://www.kernel.org/LDP/HOWTO/SCSI-2.4-HOWTO/rawdev.html > http://www2.linuxjournal.com/cgi-bin/linux/man.cgi?mode=search&comm=raw§=1 > > Any information regarding this would be appreciated. There are no block (i.e. buffered) devices in FreeBSD, only character devices. So you can access raw devices without having to go through all the hoops described above. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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