Z3RAMBD(4) Device Drivers Manual (amiga) Z3RAMBD(4)

z3rambd
Zorro III RAM block device driver

z3rambd* at zbus0
altmem* at z3rambd?

The z3rambd driver provides support using Zorro III RAM boards as block devices (e.g. for swap).

The z3rambd driver supports the following hardware:
AmigaKit ZorRAM
 
DKB 3128
 
FastLane Z3
 
Individual Computers BigRamPlus
 

altmem(4), boot(8)

The z3rambd device first appeared in NetBSD 7.0.

The z3rambd driver was written by Radoslaw Kujawa ⟨radoslaw.kujawa@gmail.com⟩.

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.

November 26, 2012 NetBSD 9.4