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Barret Rhoden [Quick Setup Guide] added config options for huge pages / FS_DAX_PMD
start [2018/09/26 22:47]
Robert Elliott
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 ndctl create-namespace ties a namespace to a block device or character device: ndctl create-namespace ties a namespace to a block device or character device:
  
-^ mode   ^ description ​   ^ device path ^ label metadata ^ atomicity ^ filesystems ^ DAX ^ PFN metadata ^ former name ^ +^ mode   ^ description ​   ^ device path ^ device type ^ label metadata ^ atomicity ^ filesystems ^ DAX ^ PFN metadata ^ former name ^ 
-| raw    | raw            | /​dev/​pmemN ​ | no             | no        | yes         | no  | no           | | +| raw    | raw            | /​dev/​pmemN  ​| block       | no             | no        | yes         | no  | no           | | 
-| sector | sector atomic ​ | /dev/pmemNs | yes            | yes       | yes         | no  | no           | | +| sector | sector atomic ​ | /​dev/​pmemNs ​| block       | yes            | yes       | yes         | no  | no           | | 
-| fsdax  | filesystem DAX | /​dev/​pmemN ​ | yes            | no        | yes         | yes | yes          | memory | +| fsdax  | filesystem DAX | /​dev/​pmemN  ​| block       | yes            | no        | yes         | yes | yes          | memory | 
-| devdax | device DAX     | /dev/daxN.M | yes            | no        | no          | yes | yes          | dax |+| devdax | device DAX     | /​dev/​daxN.M ​| character ​  | yes            | no        | no          | yes | yes          | dax |
  
 For modes with PFN metadata ("​struct page" metadata), overhead is 64 bytes per 4 KiB of persistent memory. For modes with PFN metadata ("​struct page" metadata), overhead is 64 bytes per 4 KiB of persistent memory.
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