Bernd Walter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
In short: The data is tranfered into the kernel and dropped there.
The data is never transferred into the kernel. There is no copyin()
or uiomove() there.
DES
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On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 03:02:59PM -0600, Nicpon, John wrote:
Please specifically define where data goes that is sent to /dev/null
That's what manpages are for - see null(4).
If you want it more specific src/sys/dev/null.c says:
[...]
static int
null_write(dev_t dev, struct uio *uio, int
On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 08:29:39PM +, lg wrote:
In short: The data is tranfered into the kernel and dropped there.
my source /usr/src/sys/i386/i386/mem.c [FreeBSD-4.3-RELEASE]
says that data doesnt transfered into kernel.
I was looking into -current.
Null and *random have been seprarated
Nicpon, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Please specifically define where data goes that is sent to /dev/null
It goes into a special data sink in the CPU where it is converted to
heat which is vented through the heatsink / fan assembly. This is why
CPU cooling is increasingly important; as
Answer 2. All the data goes into another dimension, and comes out of
/dev/random.
That would be so funny... I cat /dev/random, and I get your
files, as you delete them. 8-).
Of course you do, it is just that the bytes are in random order.
But I see that you are thinking of /dev/null as
On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 03:02:59PM -0600, Nicpon, John wrote:
Please specifically define where data goes that is sent to /dev/null
How 'specific' are you trying to get? /dev/null is a pseudo-device
to which writes never fail.
What question are you _really_ trying to ask?
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Nicpon, John wrote:
Please specifically define where data goes that is sent to /dev/null
The bit bucket.
You won't have to empty the one in your machine until the year
2038, which we assume someone will come up with a way of recyling
the used bits by then (or just compressing them into bus
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Brian Reichert wrote:
On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 03:02:59PM -0600, Nicpon, John wrote:
Please specifically define where data goes that is sent to /dev/null
How 'specific' are you trying to get? /dev/null is a pseudo-device
to which writes never fail.
What question
Nicpon, John wrote:
Please specifically define where data goes that is sent to /dev/null
Without actually looking at the code, the generic definition of /dev/null goes
something to the effect of:
open /dev/null
while(1)
{
select on /dev/null
read byte from /dev/null
ethersWhere does data go when it dies?/ethers
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On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 03:02:59PM -0600, Nicpon, John wrote:
Please specifically define where data goes that is sent to /dev/null
How 'specific' are you trying to get? /dev/null is a pseudo-device
to which writes
Nicpon, John wrote:
Please specifically define where data goes that is sent to /dev/null
to the place where no data ever came back.
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Nicpon, John wrote:
Please specifically define where data goes that is sent to /dev/null
to the place where no data ever came back.
..on those blank tapes on which you should be backing up the data
you do care about.
..to help fight the secret, hidden war against entropy.
To
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What question are you _really_ trying to ask?
What is the sound of one hand clapping?
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On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 03:08:38PM -0700, Drew Eckhardt wrote:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Joh
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What question are you _really_ trying to ask?
What is the sound of one hand clapping?
If a bit falls into the bit bucket and signal is not raised does it make a
sound?
Nicpon, John wrote:
Please specifically define where data goes that is sent to /dev/null
Answer 1. Data is not like energy. There is no conservation of data
law. So the data simply disappears.
Answer 2. All the data goes into another dimension, and comes out of
/dev/random.
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Answer 2. All the data goes into another dimension, and comes out of
/dev/random.
That would be so funny... I cat /dev/random, and I get your
files, as you delete them. 8-).
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On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 03:08:38PM -0700, Drew Eckhardt wrote:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Joh
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What question are you _really_ trying to ask?
What is the sound of one hand clapping?
Can this go to -chat please??
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On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
Nicpon, John wrote:
Please specifically define where data goes that is sent to /dev/null
Answer 1. Data is not like energy. There is no conservation of data
law. So the data simply disappears.
Doesn't thermodynamics second law
Lamont Granquist wrote:
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
Nicpon, John wrote:
Please specifically define where data goes that is sent to /dev/null
Answer 1. Data is not like energy. There is no conservation of data
law. So the data simply disappears.
Doesn't
On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 05:20:33PM -0800, Lamont Granquist wrote:
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
Nicpon, John wrote:
Please specifically define where data goes that is sent to /dev/null
Answer 1. Data is not like energy. There is no conservation of data
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Nicpon, John wrote:
Please specifically define where data goes that is sent to /dev/null
To boldy go where no Data has returned from before?
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Please specifically define where data goes that is sent to /dev/null
The same place where /dev/random gets its data from. Unless
your computer is owned by gummint, in which case FBI gets it
as you have to keep a copy of all output.
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