NAME
z3rambd —
Zorro III RAM block device
driver
SYNOPSIS
z3rambd* at zbus0
altmem* at z3rambd?
DESCRIPTION
The
z3rambd driver provides support using Zorro III RAM boards
as block devices (e.g. for swap).
HARDWARE
The
z3rambd driver supports the following hardware:
-
-
- AmigaKit ZorRAM
-
- DKB 3128
-
- FastLane Z3
-
- Individual Computers BigRamPlus
-
SEE ALSO
altmem(4),
boot(8)
HISTORY
The
z3rambd device first appeared in
NetBSD
7.0.
AUTHORS
The
z3rambd driver was written by
Radoslaw
Kujawa ⟨radoslaw.kujawa@gmail.com⟩.
CAVEATS
Currently it is up to the user to ensure that given memory board is not used by
the kernel as normal RAM. It is usually safe to pass the
-n0
and
-p parameters to boot loader.
If the kernel is compiled without the
z3rambd driver, it is
possible to use Zorro III memory boards as normal RAM in some configurations.
However, this might have severe performance consequences. It is advised to use
Zorro III memory boards as swap where possible.