NAME

dk — Disk partition (wedge) driver

SYNOPSIS

options DKWEDGE_AUTODISCOVER
options DKWEDGE_METHOD_BSDLABEL
options DKWEDGE_METHOD_GPT
options DKWEDGE_METHOD_MBR

DESCRIPTION

The dk driver provides a disk-like interface to an area of a physical disk. Wedges may be configured manually with dkctl(8) or automatically by the kernel upon the attachment of the physical disk.

KERNEL OPTIONS

DKWEDGE_AUTODISCOVER

Automatically detect and configure wedges using any available methods.

DKWEDGE_METHOD_BSDLABEL

BSD disklabel detection method.

DKWEDGE_METHOD_GPT

Extensible Firmware Interface Globally Unique Identifier Partition Table (GPT) detection method.

DKWEDGE_METHOD_MBR

IBM PC-compatible Master Boot Record (MBR) partitioning detection method, with support for Extended MBRs.

FILES

/dev/{,r}dk*

dk device special files.

SEE ALSO

config(1), disklabel(8), dkctl(8), fdisk(8), gpt(8), MAKEDEV(8)

HISTORY

The dk driver first appeared in NetBSD 3.0.

AUTHORS

The dk driver was written by Jason R. Thorpe.