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37.Dd April 26, 2002
38.Dt LD 4
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm ld
42.Nd logical disk driver
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Cd ld* at aac? unit ?
45.Cd ld* at cac? unit ?
46.Cd ld* at icp? unit ?
47.Cd ld* at iop? tid ?
48.Cd ld* at mlx? unit ?
49.Cd ld* at twe? unit ?
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The
52.Nm
53driver provides support for simple block devices, usually presented by a disk
54array controller.
55.Sh FILES
56.Bl -tag -width /dev/rcaXXXXX -compact
57.It Pa /dev/ld Ns Ar u Ns Ar p
58block mode disk unit
59.Ar u ,
60partition
61.Ar p
62.It Pa /dev/rld Ns Ar u Ns Ar p
63raw mode disk unit
64.Ar u ,
65partition
66.Ar p
67.Sm off
68.El
69.Sh SEE ALSO
70.Xr aac 4 ,
71.Xr cac 4 ,
72.Xr icp 4 ,
73.Xr intro 4 ,
74.Xr iop 4 ,
75.Xr mlx 4 ,
76.Xr twe 4
77.Sh HISTORY
78The
79.Nm
80driver first appeared in
81.Nx 1.5.3 .
82.Sh AUTHORS
83The
84.Nm
85driver was written by
86.An Andrew Doran
87.Aq ad@netbsd.org .
88.Sh BUGS
89This driver is in reality a kludge intended to reduce code size and
90maintenance overheads.
91.Pp
92The capacity and geometry of units as accessed through the
93.Nm
94driver may be different than when accessed through some other
95medium (e.g.
96.Tn SCSI ) .
97