Oh, I understand, but it is a limitation that makes no sense to me. From a coding perspective, a file and a device are virtually identical.
There are quite a few advantages to using files over devices. > On Mon, 25 Oct 2021 20:05:29 -0400 > [email protected] wrote: > >> Yup, that was my problem. It won't use a raw file. It will only work >> on partitions or hard disks. Which, IMHO, is just stupid. > > The entire point of raw device access is to bypass the host filesystem > layer. A file on a host filesystem being treated as a raw device must > be accessed through the host filesystem thus it's not raw I/O any more. > > -- > \m/ (--) \m/ > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
