Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 10:01:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Heads up: block devices to disappear! Message-ID: <199806241401.KAA04665@lakes.dignus.com> In-Reply-To: <199806240844.BAA22345@usr08.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert writes: > had in no other fashion. Let's meake sure that the block device interface > is not in the same [complex but useful - ed.] category before summarily > executing it. In a similar context - I'd like to ask some simple questions. Can anyone clearly state why they were needed in UNIX at it's offset? Once that is understood - is it still the case, or has it been obviated in some way? I believe answers to these questions would be illuminating for the nervous amongst us (I count myself in the 'nervous' category on this one.) The reason I call for caution is simple - these have been with UNIX a long time... if they could have been simplified at the offset, why weren't they? What's different now? I'm not saying it's a bad idea, I'd just like to understand what's changed from 20+ years ago... - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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