On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:35:42 -0400 Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > +The bsg driver > +============== > +bsg is an acronym for Block SCSI Generic. The "block" used in the name of > +this driver is a little confusing since each bsg device node (e.g. > +/dev/bsg/0:0:0:0 corresponds to /dev/sda which is a SATA disk on this > +laptop) is actually a "char" device. The "block" term refers to the > +kernel layer which conveys both blocked data and messages to lower layers What 'blocked data' means? The "block" term simply means that bsg is for the users of 'the block layer' (including SCSI)? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
