NAME
md —
memory disk driver
SYNOPSIS
pseudo-device md
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)