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30.Dd April 22, 2009
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 cac? unit ?"
40.Cd "ld* at icp? unit ?"
41.Cd "ld* at iop? tid ?"
42.Cd "ld* at mlx? unit ?"
43.Cd "ld* at sdmmc?"
44.Cd "ld* at twa? unit ?"
45.Cd "ld* at twe? unit ?"
46.Cd "ld* at ataraid? vendtype ? unit ?"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Nm
50driver provides support for simple block devices, usually presented by a disk
51array controller.
52.Sh FILES
53.Bl -tag -width /dev/rcaXXXXX -compact
54.It Pa /dev/ld Ns Ar u Ns Ar p
55block mode disk unit
56.Ar u ,
57partition
58.Ar p
59.It Pa /dev/rld Ns Ar u Ns Ar p
60raw mode disk unit
61.Ar u ,
62partition
63.Ar p
64.El
65.Sh SEE ALSO
66.Xr aac 4 ,
67.Xr amr 4 ,
68.Xr cac 4 ,
69.Xr icp 4 ,
70.Xr intro 4 ,
71.Xr iop 4 ,
72.Xr mlx 4 ,
73.Xr sdmmc 4 ,
74.Xr twa 4 ,
75.Xr twe 4
76.Sh HISTORY
77The
78.Nm
79driver first appeared in
80.Nx 1.5.3 .
81.Sh BUGS
82The capacity and geometry of units as accessed through the
83.Nm
84driver may be different than when accessed through some other
85medium (e.g.
86.Tn SCSI ) .
87