Re: Raw disk access in userland

[Kenneth D. Merry]

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&sect=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
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