Re: DEVFSv50 and /dev/fb? (or /dev/fb/? ???)

Chris Wedgwood (chris@cybernet.co.nz)
Wed, 5 Aug 1998 18:21:33 +1200


> You mean like...
>
> c0b0t0u0p1 and rc0b0t0u0p1? This would be better WITH DevFS, than
> without...

Its got nothing to do with devFS. Its means I want to RW to a device
without the buffer cache getting in the way.

For many applications, this is a bad thing - but for large database
which maintain their own caches, etc. it can be a big win.

-cw

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