NAME
md —
memory disk driver
SYNOPSIS
pseudo-device md
DESCRIPTION
Themd 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.