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diff --git a/usr/src/man/man7d/blkdev.7d b/usr/src/man/man7d/blkdev.7d deleted file mode 100644 index 8ff6f4745e..0000000000 --- a/usr/src/man/man7d/blkdev.7d +++ /dev/null @@ -1,82 +0,0 @@ -.\" -.\" This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the -.\" Common Development and Distribution License ("CDDL"), version 1.0. -.\" You may only use this file in accordance with the terms of version -.\" 1.0 of the CDDL. -.\" -.\" A full copy of the text of the CDDL should have accompanied this -.\" source. A copy of the CDDL is also available via the Internet at -.\" http://www.illumos.org/license/CDDL. -.\" -.\" Copyright 2014 Garrett D'Amore <garrett@damore.org> -. -.Dd "Jul 30, 2014" -.Dt BLKDEV 7D -.Os -.Sh NAME -.Nm blkdev -.Nd generic block device driver -.Sh DESCRIPTION -The -.Nm -driver supports generic block-oriented devices, such as non-volatile -memory storage devices. -It provides a hardware independent layer for such storage devices, allowing them -to concentrate on the hardware-specific details, while -.Nm -takes care of all the other details, such as -.Xr dkio 7I . -.Lp -The -.Nm -driver only supports block-oriented, random-access devices. -It does not support traditional rotational media and does not support -SCSI commands. -.Lp -The most typical use case for -.Nm -devices is to be used to host a file system, such as -.Xr pcfs 7FS -or -.Xr zfs 7FS . -. -.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY -.Sy Uncommitted . -. -.Sh FILES -. -.Bl -tag -compact -width Pa -.It Pa /dev/dsk/cndnsn -Block device minor nodes. -.It Pa /dev/rdsk/cndnsn -Raw block device minor nodes. -.El -.Lp -In the above, the following substitutions may occur: -.Bl -tag -offset indent -width Va -.It Va cn -A controller number, typically one for each instance of -each underlying hardware dependent device driver (there can be multiple -such drivers in the system.) Controller numbers are dynamically assigned -by the system. -.It Va dn -Generally, each instance of the underlying hardware will have a -logical unit number as well. -.It Va sn -This is the -.Em slice -number, representing a subset of the disk. -See -.Xr dkio 7I . -.El -. -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr rmformat 1 , -.Xr devinfo 1M , -.Xr fdisk 1M , -.Xr mount 1M , -.Xr umount 1M , -.Xr sd 7D , -.Xr pcfs 7FS , -.Xr zfs 7FS , -.Xr dkio 7I |