| Date | Wed, 5 Aug 1998 18:21:33 +1200 | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | Subject | Re: DEVFSv50 and /dev/fb? (or /dev/fb/? ???) |
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> 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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