physio(9) on FreeBSD
The text f16db123ae26, as FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE shipped it.
initiate I/O on raw devices