Subject: Re: Fast disk writes
To: Bruce Martin <BruceM@cat.co.za>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <ignatios@cs.uni-bonn.de>
List: port-arm32
Date: 03/15/1999 13:02:44
On Mon, Mar 15, 1999 at 01:47:36PM +0200, Bruce Martin wrote:
> I am needing to do fast tranfers of data from RAM onto a
> system disk, as well as maintain a database of disk writes.
> For this reason, I want to accress the disk as a lbock
block, I assume.
> device. I need to know how to set up file and data caches -
> does anybody out there have this information for the NetBSD
yes.

/dev/wd0a is the "a" partion on the "wd0" disk as a block device.
/dev/sd1e is the "e" partition on the "sd1" disk as a block device.

> system, particularly the arm32/ebsa port?
no. nothing special needed here.

Regards,
	-is