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37.Dd September 1, 2000
38.Dt LD 4
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm ld
42.Nd logical disk driver
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Cd ld* at cac? unit ?
45.Cd ld* at iop? tid ?
46.Cd ld* at mlx? unit ?
47.Cd ld* at twe? unit ?
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Nm
51driver provides support for simple block devices, usually presented by a disk
52array controller.
53.Sh FILES
54.Bl -tag -width /dev/rcaXXXXX -compact
55.It Pa /dev/ld Ns Ar u Ns Ar p
56block mode disk unit
57.Ar u ,
58partition
59.Ar p
60.It Pa /dev/rld Ns Ar u Ns Ar p
61raw mode disk unit
62.Ar u ,
63partition
64.Ar p
65.Sm off
66.El
67.Sh SEE ALSO
68.Xr intro 4 ,
69.Xr cac 4 ,
70.Xr iop 4 ,
71.Xr mlx 4 ,
72.Xr twe 4
73.Sh AUTHOR
74The
75.Nm
76driver was written by Andrew Doran
77.Aq ad@netbsd.org .
78.Sh HISTORY
79The
80.Nm
81driver first appeared in
82.Nx 1.6 .
83.Sh BUGS
84This driver is in reality a kludge intended to reduce code size and
85maintenance overheads.
86.Pp
87The capacity and geometry of units as accessed through the
88.Nm
89driver may be different than when accessed through some other
90medium (e.g.
91.Tn SCSI ) .
92