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LD(4)                     NetBSD Programmer's Manual                     LD(4)


NAME

     ld - logical disk driver


SYNOPSIS

     ld* at aac? unit ?
     ld* at cac? unit ?
     ld* at icp? unit ?
     ld* at iop? tid ?
     ld* at mlx? unit ?
     ld* at twe? unit ?


DESCRIPTION

     The ld driver provides support for simple block devices, usually present-
     ed by a disk array controller.


FILES

     /dev/ldup      block mode disk unit u, partition p
     /dev/rldup     raw mode disk unit u, partition p


SEE ALSO

     aac(4), cac(4), icp(4), intro(4), iop(4), mlx(4), twe(4)


HISTORY

     The ld driver first appeared in NetBSD 1.5.3.


AUTHORS

     The ld driver was written by AndrewDoran <ad@netbsd.org>.


BUGS

     This driver is in reality a kludge intended to reduce code size and main-
     tenance overheads.

     The capacity and geometry of units as accessed through the ld driver may
     be different than when accessed through some other medium (e.g.  SCSI).

NetBSD 1.6                      April 26, 2002                               1