NAME
dk —
disk partition (wedge)
driver
SYNOPSIS
options DKWEDGE_AUTODISCOVER
options DKWEDGE_METHOD_BSDLABEL
options DKWEDGE_METHOD_GPT
options DKWEDGE_METHOD_MBR
options DKWEDGE_METHOD_RDB
DESCRIPTION
Thedk driver provides a disk-like interface, or
wedge, to
an area of a physical disk. Wedges may be configured manually with
dkctl(8) or automatically by the kernel upon the attachment of the
physical disk.
KERNEL OPTIONS
DKWEDGE_AUTODISCOVER- Automatically detect and configure wedges using any available methods.
DKWEDGE_METHOD_BSDLABEL- BSD disklabel detection method.
DKWEDGE_METHOD_GPT- Extensible Firmware Interface Globally Unique Identifier Partition Table (GPT) detection method.
DKWEDGE_METHOD_MBR- IBM PC-compatible Master Boot Record (MBR) partitioning detection method, with support for Extended MBRs.
DKWEDGE_METHOD_RDB- Amiga Rigid Disk Block (RDB) partitioning detection method.
FILES
- /dev/{,r}dk*
dkdevice special files.
SEE ALSO
config(1), disklabel(8), dkctl(8), fdisk(8), gpt(8), MAKEDEV(8)
HISTORY
The dk driver first appeared in
NetBSD 3.0.
AUTHORS
The dk driver was written by
Jason R. Thorpe.