read/write less than sector size

Wed Nov 10 07:42:38 PST 2004

On 10.11.2004, at 16:36, Nehal wrote:

> if i open /dev/ad1s1 for example, i try to read() or write()
> not in multiples of 512, it will return an error.
>
> how would i do this? currently, if i need to read 100 bytes,
> i read in the full sector, then memcpy the bytes i need.
>
> is there a better way?

maybe mmap the device if that's possible?

cheers
   simon

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