$NetBSD: z3rambd.4,v 1.3 2012/11/28 09:31:15 wiz Exp $
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.Dd November 26, 2012 .Dt Z3RAMBD 4 amiga .Os .Sh NAME .Nm z3rambd .Nd Zorro III RAM block device driver .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "z3rambd* at zbus0" .Cd "altmem* at z3rambd?" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver provides support using Zorro III RAM boards as block devices (e.g. for swap). .Sh HARDWARE The .Nm driver supports the following hardware: l -tag -offset indent t AmigaKit ZorRAM t DKB 3128 t FastLane Z3 t Individual Computers BigRamPlus .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr altmem 4 , .Xr boot 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm device first appeared in .Nx 7.0 . .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit The .Nm driver was written by .An Radoslaw Kujawa .Aq radoslaw.kujawa (at] gmail.com . .Sh 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 c -n0 and c -p parameters to boot loader.
Copyright (c) 2012 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
All rights reserved.
This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
by Radoslaw Kujawa.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:
1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS
``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS
BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.Dd November 26, 2012 .Dt Z3RAMBD 4 amiga .Os .Sh NAME .Nm z3rambd .Nd Zorro III RAM block device driver .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "z3rambd* at zbus0" .Cd "altmem* at z3rambd?" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver provides support using Zorro III RAM boards as block devices (e.g. for swap). .Sh HARDWARE The .Nm driver supports the following hardware: l -tag -offset indent t AmigaKit ZorRAM t DKB 3128 t FastLane Z3 t Individual Computers BigRamPlus .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr altmem 4 , .Xr boot 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm device first appeared in .Nx 7.0 . .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit The .Nm driver was written by .An Radoslaw Kujawa .Aq radoslaw.kujawa (at] gmail.com . .Sh 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 c -n0 and c -p parameters to boot loader.
p If the kernel is compiled without the .Nm 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.
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