"Poul-Henning Kamp" <[email protected]> wrote: > ... it was a big mistake to use the same /dev entry > for both drive and media
Well, maybe, in hindsight :) If the drive and the media had separate /dev entries it might never have been necessary to invent ioctl. > but waaay to late to fix it now. Yep. The drive and its removeable media have shared the same /dev entry since, at least, Bell Labs 6th Edition. (I _know_ this is true of dectapes, half-inch magtapes, 8" floppies, and "rk" cartridge disks; I think the "rp" disk drive may also have had removeable packs.) _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-geom To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
