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MDCONFIG(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual MDCONFIG(8)
NAME
mdconfig -- configure and enable memory disks
SYNOPSIS
mdconfig -a -t type [-n] [-o [no]option] ... [-f file] [-s size]
[-S sectorsize] [-u unit] [-x sectors/track] [-y heads/cyl]
mdconfig -d -u unit
mdconfig -l [-n] [-u unit]
DESCRIPTION
The mdconfig utility configures and enables md(4) devices.
Options indicate an action to be performed:
-a Attach a memory disk. This will configure and attach a memory
disk with the parameters specified and attach it to the system.
-d Detach a memory disk from the system and release all resources.
-t type
Select the type of the memory disk.
malloc Storage for this type of memory disk is allocated with
malloc(9). This limits the size to the malloc bucket
limit in the kernel. If the -o reserve option is not
set, creating and filling a large malloc-backed memory
disk is a very easy way to panic a system.
vnode A file specified with -f file becomes the backingstore
for this memory disk.
swap Swap space is used to back this memory disk.
-f file
Filename to use for the vnode type memory disk.
-l List configured devices. If given with -u, display details about
that particular device.
-n When printing md device names, print only the unit number without
the md prefix.
-s size
Size of the memory disk. Size is the number of 512 byte sectors
unless suffixed with a b, k, m, g, or t which denotes byte, kilo-
byte, megabyte, gigabyte and terabyte respectively.
-S sectorsize
Sectorsize to use for malloc backed device.
-x sectors/track
See the description of the -y option below.
-y heads/cylinder
For malloc or vnode backed devices, the -x and -y options can be
used to specify a synthetic geometry. This is useful for con-
structing bootable images for later download to other devices.
-o [no]option
Set or reset options.
[no]async
For vnode backed devices: avoid IO_SYNC for increased
performance but at the risk of deadlocking the entire
kernel.
[no]reserve
Allocate and reserve all needed storage from the start,
rather than as needed.
[no]cluster
Enable clustering on this disk.
[no]compress
Enable/Disable compression features to reduce memory
usage.
[no]force
Disable/Enable extra sanity checks to prevent the user
from doing something that might adversely affect the sys-
tem.
[no]readonly
Enable/Disable readonly mode.
-u unit
Request a specific unit number for the md(4) device instead of
automatic allocation.
EXAMPLES
To create a 4 megabyte malloc(9) backed memory disk. The name of the
allocated unit will be output on stdout like ``md3'':
mdconfig -a -t malloc -s 4m
To create a disk named /dev/md4 with /tmp/boot.flp as backing:
mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /tmp/boot.flp -u 4
To detach and free all resources used by /dev/md4:
mdconfig -d -u 4
To create and mount a 128MByte swap backed file system on /tmp:
mdconfig -a -t swap -s 128M -u 10
newfs -U /dev/md10
mount /dev/md10 /tmp
chmod 1777 /tmp
To create a 5MB file-backed disk:
dd if=/dev/zero of=somebackingfile bs=1k count=5k
mdconfig -a -t vnode -f somebackingfile -u 0
bsdlabel -w md0 auto
newfs md0c
mount /dev/md0c /mnt
SEE ALSO
md(4), bsdlabel(8), fdisk(8), mdmfs(8), malloc(9)
HISTORY
The mdconfig utility first appeared in FreeBSD 5.0 as a cleaner replace-
ment for the vn(4) and vnconfig(8) combo.
AUTHORS
The mdconfig utility was written by Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org>.
FreeBSD 6.2 November 6, 2004 FreeBSD 6.2
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