[OmniOS-discuss] volumes as char dev

Johan Kragsterman johan.kragsterman at capvert.se
Sat Jul 30 06:32:44 UTC 2016


Hi!


Just would like to know why zvols need to be represented as both block and char devices?

In /dev/zvol/{dsk};{rdsk}

What purpose do they have as char dev? Is it old legacy only, or of any use today?

Regards Johan



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