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
-
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.