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.Dd December 31, 2000
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.Dt MDCONFIG 8
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.Os FreeBSD 5
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.Os FreeBSD
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm mdconfig
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.Nd configure and enable memory disks
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.Nm
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.Fl a
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.Fl t Ar type
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.Op Fl o Ar [no]option
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.Oo
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.Fl o
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.Oo Cm no Oc Ns Ar option
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.Oc
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.Op Fl b Ar baseaddress
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.Op Fl s Ar size
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.Op Fl f Ar file
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The
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.Nm
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command configures and enables
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.Xr md(4)
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.Xr md 4
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devices.
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.Pp
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Options indicate an action to be performed:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl a
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Attach a memory disk. This will configure and attach a memory disk with the
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Attach a memory disk.
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This will configure and attach a memory disk with the
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parameters specified and attach it to the system.
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.It Fl d
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Dettach a memory disk from the system and release all resources.
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.It Fl t
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Detach a memory disk from the system and release all resources.
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.It Fl t Ar type
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Select the type of the memory disk.
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Ar malloc
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.Bl -tag -width "preload"
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.It Cm malloc
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Storage for this type of memory disk is allocated with
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.Xr malloc 9 .
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This limits the size to the malloc bucket limit in the kernel.
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.It Ar preload
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This type represents memory disks which are backed by memory outside the kernels normal address space.
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These can be instantiated automatically by objects loaded by the bootloader or configured on the fly.
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.It Ar vnode
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.It Cm preload
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This type represents memory disks which are backed by memory outside
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the kernels normal address space.
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These can be instantiated automatically by objects loaded by the
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bootloader or configured on the fly.
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.It Cm vnode
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A file specified with
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.Fl f Ar file
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becomes the backingstore for this memory disk.
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.It Ar swap
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.It Cm swap
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swapspace is used to back this memory disk.
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.El
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.It Fl b Ar baseaddress
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Starting address in kernel virtual space of the memory to be used for a ``preload'' type disk.
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Starting address in kernel virtual space of the memory to be used for a
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.Cm preload
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type disk.
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.It Fl f Ar file
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Filename to use for the vnode type memory disk.
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.It Fl s Ar size
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Size of the memory disk.
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.Ar Size
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is the number of 512 bytes sectors unless suffixed with a 'k', 'm', or 'g' which
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is the number of 512 bytes sectors unless suffixed with a
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.Cm k , m ,
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or
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.Cm g
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which
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denotes kilobyte, megabyte and gigabyte respectively.
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.It Fl o Ar [no]option
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.It Xo
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.Fl o Oo Cm no Oc Ns Ar option
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.Xc
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Set or reset options.
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Ar [no]reserve
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.It Xo
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.Oo Cm no Oc Ns Cm reserve
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.Xc
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Allocate and reserve all needed storage from the start, rather than as needed.
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.It Ar [no]cluster
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.It Xo
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.Oo Cm no Oc Ns Cm cluster
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.Xc
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Enable clustering on this disk.
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.It Ar [no]autounit
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.It Xo
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.Oo Cm no Oc Ns Cm autounit
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.Xc
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Automatically allocate the next free unit number for this disk.
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The basename of the disk is printed on stdout.
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.It Ar [no]compress
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.It Xo
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.Oo Cm no Oc Ns Cm compress
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.Xc
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Enable/Disable compression features to reduce memory usage.
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.It Ar [no]readonly
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.It Xo
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.Oo Cm no Oc Ns Cm readonly
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.Xc
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Enable/Disable readonly mode.
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.El
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.It Fl u Ar unit
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Force the
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.Xr md(4)
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.Xr md 4
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device to use a specific unit number.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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.Pp
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To create a 4 megabyte malloc(9) backed memory disk.
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The name of the allocated unit will be output on stdout like ``md3'':
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To create a 4 megabyte
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.Xr malloc 9
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backed memory disk.
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The name of the allocated unit will be output on stdout like
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.Dq Li md3 :
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.Pp
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.Dl mdconfig -a -t malloc -s 4m
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.Pp
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.Pp
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.Dl mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /tmp/boot.flp -u 4
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.Pp
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To dettach and free all resources used by
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To detach and free all resources used by
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.Pa /dev/md4 :
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.Pp
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.Dl mdconfig -d -u 4
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.Pp
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To create and mount a 128MByte swap backed filesystem on
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.Pa /tmp :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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mdconfig -a -t swap -s 128M -u 10
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disklabel -r -w md10 auto
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newfs -f 4096 /dev/md10c
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tunefs -n enable /dev/md10c
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mount /dev/md10c /tmp
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.Ed
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.Pp
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.Dl mdconfig -a -t swap -s 128M -u 10
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.Dl disklabel -r -w md10 auto
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.Dl newfs -f 4096 /dev/md10c
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.Dl tunefs -n enable /dev/md10c
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.Dl mount /dev/md10c /tmp
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.Pp
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It is practically impossible to give a universal example of the ``preload'' type of disk,
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it is mainly useful in the embedded systems market, but to give a feel for how it works:
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On most standard PC architecture machines this will create a disk backed by the BIOS ROM:
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It is practically impossible to give a universal example of the
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.Cm preload
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type of disk, it is mainly useful in the embedded systems market,
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but to give a feel for how it works:
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On most standard PC architecture machines this will create a disk
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backed by the BIOS ROM:
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.Pp
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.Dl mdconfig -a -t preload -s 128k -b 0xc00fe000
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr md 4 ,
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.Xr disklabel 8 ,
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.Xr fdisk 8 ,
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.Xr malloc 9 .
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.Xr malloc 9
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