Re: Raw devices (Was:Re: NTFS, FAT32, etc.)
Larry McVoy (lm@neteng.engr.sgi.com)
Thu, 08 May 1997 09:58:43 -0700
: OK, I understand the issue of the unnecessary copies - although I doubt
: that systems with 'raw devices' directly 'DMA to user space' when writing
: to an SCSI disk.
s/to/from/ and the statement is absolutely correct. Raw devices use
the users buffer for the DMA. To or from the disk.