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To: Michael Willhide <Moridin@psu.edu>
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Subject: Re: Easy question about drivers
From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
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In message <B4C07534.2AA2%Moridin@psu.edu> you write:
>
> Are video cards considered character devices?

Yes.

In simple words, a device is either a block device, or a charcter
device.

A block device is something which can hold a filesystem.

You cannot make a filesystem on a video card.

Ergo: a video card is a character device.

Wolfgang Denk

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