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Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 10:21:33 -0800
From: Dave Olien <dmo@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] character device creation
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If I'm not mistaken, the raw(8) character device in 2.6 is
considered obsolete.  The same semantics can be gotten by
doing an open(2) on the block special file with the O_DIRECT
flag set.

On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 10:52:23AM +0200, Heinz Mauelshagen wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 12:26:39PM -0800, sachin wrote:
> > Hi
> > Can i Create a character device for a logical volume of lvm
> > If yes how to create and how lvm driver manage it or supports it
> 
> Yes. Have a look at 'man raw'.
> 
> > Thanks ,
> > Sachin
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