NAME
md
- memory disk driver
SYNOPSIS
pseudo-device md[ count]
DESCRIPTION
The
md
driver enables use of system or user memory as a disk.
Memory for the disk must be allocated within the kernel or with
mdconfig(8)
before the
md
device may be used as a disk.
Its behaviour is configured by the kernel options
MEMORY_DISK_HOOKS,
MEMORY_DISK_IS_ROOT,
MEMORY_DISK_ROOT_SIZE,
MEMORY_DISK_DYNAMIC,
and
MEMORY_DISK_SERVER.
FILES
/dev/md??
-
block mode memory disk devices.
/dev/rmd??
-
raw mode memory disk devices.
SEE ALSO
options(4),
mdconfig(8),
mdsetimage(8)