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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 sdmmc?"
45.Cd "ld* at twa? unit ?"
46.Cd "ld* at twe? unit ?"
47.Cd "ld* at virtio?"
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.El
66.Sh SEE ALSO
67.Xr aac 4 ,
68.Xr amr 4 ,
69.Xr cac 4 ,
70.Xr icp 4 ,
71.Xr intro 4 ,
72.Xr iop 4 ,
73.Xr mlx 4 ,
74.Xr sdmmc 4 ,
75.Xr twa 4 ,
76.Xr twe 4 ,
77.Xr virtio 4
78.Sh HISTORY
79The
80.Nm
81driver first appeared in
82.Nx 1.5.3 .
83.Sh BUGS
84The capacity and geometry of units as accessed through the
85.Nm
86driver may be different than when accessed through some other
87medium (e.g.
88.Tn SCSI ) .
89