[linux-lvm] character device creation

Dave Olien dmo at osdl.org
Thu Apr 1 18:21:33 UTC 2004


If I'm not mistaken, the raw(8) character device in 2.6 is
considered obsolete.  The same semantics can be gotten by
doing an open(2) on the block special file with the O_DIRECT
flag set.

On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 10:52:23AM +0200, Heinz Mauelshagen wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 12:26:39PM -0800, sachin wrote:
> > Hi
> > Can i Create a character device for a logical volume of lvm
> > If yes how to create and how lvm driver manage it or supports it
> 
> Yes. Have a look at 'man raw'.
> 
> > Thanks ,
> > Sachin
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