Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 11:10:43 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mike Ruhl <mruhl@network-alchemy.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wd vs ad Message-ID: <20001122111043.C83216@echunga.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3A1AD033.D39AF963@network-alchemy.com>; from mruhl@network-alchemy.com on Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 11:42:44AM -0800 References: <3A1AD033.D39AF963@network-alchemy.com>
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On Tuesday, 21 November 2000 at 11:42:44 -0800, Mike Ruhl wrote: > Howdy, > > I recently upgraded to 4.0 and made the change from the /dev/wd* > devices to /dev/ad* devices. And I had a few questions about this... > :) > > 1) Can I safely delete the wd devices? Yes. > 2) It appears that the ad devices are character devices instead of > block devices. Further investigation reveals that all the wd devices > are character devices as well. I have obviously missed something > somewhere. When did the disk devices become character devices? Why > the change? Has the driver model changed so that character/block > devices are no longer "relevant"? > > A casual search of the archives hasn't revealed anything. :( Can > someone point me to a location of where this was discussed? The archives. But more specifically, block devices went away with 4.0. Nothing much else has changed. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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