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30.Dd November 5, 2011
31.Dt LD 4
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm ld
35.Nd logical disk driver
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Cd "ld* at aac? unit ?"
38.Cd "ld* at amr? unit ?"
39.Cd "ld* at ataraid? vendtype ? unit ?"
40.Cd "ld* at cac? unit ?"
41.Cd "ld* at icp? unit ?"
42.Cd "ld* at iop? tid ?"
43.Cd "ld* at mlx? unit ?"
44.Cd "ld* at nvme? nsid ?"
45.Cd "ld* at sdmmc?"
46.Cd "ld* at twa? unit ?"
47.Cd "ld* at twe? unit ?"
48.Cd "ld* at virtio?"
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The
51.Nm
52driver provides support for simple block devices, usually presented by a disk
53array controller.
54.Sh FILES
55.Bl -tag -width /dev/rcaXXXXX -compact
56.It Pa /dev/ld Ns Ar u Ns Ar p
57block mode disk unit
58.Ar u ,
59partition
60.Ar p
61.It Pa /dev/rld Ns Ar u Ns Ar p
62raw mode disk unit
63.Ar u ,
64partition
65.Ar p
66.El
67.Sh SEE ALSO
68.Xr aac 4 ,
69.Xr amr 4 ,
70.Xr cac 4 ,
71.Xr icp 4 ,
72.Xr intro 4 ,
73.Xr iop 4 ,
74.Xr mlx 4 ,
75.Xr nvme 4 ,
76.Xr sdmmc 4 ,
77.Xr twa 4 ,
78.Xr twe 4 ,
79.Xr virtio 4
80.Sh HISTORY
81The
82.Nm
83driver first appeared in
84.Nx 1.5.3 .
85.Sh BUGS
86The capacity and geometry of units as accessed through the
87.Nm
88driver may be different than when accessed through some other
89medium (e.g.
90.Tn SCSI ) .
91