Manual Pages for UNIX Operating System command usage for man blkdev

Devices                                                blkdev(7D)



NAME
     blkdev - generic block device driver

DESCRIPTION
     The blkdev module  provides  support  services  for  generic
     block devices. See sd(7D)

  Device Special Files
     Disk block special file names are located in  /dev/dsk.  Raw
     file names are located in /dev/rdsk. See sd(7D).

IOCTLS
     See dkio(7I).

FILES
     Device special files for the storage device are  created  in
     the  same  way as those for a SCSI disk. See sd(7D) for more
     information.

     /dev/dsk/cntndnsn             Block files for disks.


     /dev/rdsk/cntndnsn            Raw files for disks.


     /kernel/drv/blkdev            32-bit ELF kernel module (x86)


     /kernel/drv/amd64/blkdev      64-bit ELF kernel module (x86)


     /kernel/drv/sparcv9/blkdev    64-bit   ELF   kernel   module
                                   (SPARC)


ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for a description of the following  attri-
     butes:

















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Devices                                                blkdev(7D)



     ____________________________________________________________
    | ATTRIBUTE TYPE              | ATTRIBUTE VALUE             |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Architecture                | SPARC, x86                  |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | system/kernel               |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     eject(1),  rmformat(1),  rmmount(1),  fdisk(1M),  mount(1M),
     umount(1M),  vfstab(4),  attributes(5), dkio(7I), pcfs(7FS),
     sd(7D)










































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