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-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/rd.431
2 files changed, 33 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/Makefile b/share/man/man4/Makefile
index 2c6e02760eb..0dcea02bed8 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/Makefile
+++ b/share/man/man4/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.161 2001/05/13 15:59:13 deraadt Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.162 2001/05/14 09:32:36 deraadt Exp $
MAN= aac.4 ac97.4 adv.4 aha.4 ahb.4 ahc.4 aic.4 ami.4 amphy.4 an.4 \
aria.4 ast.4 \
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ MAN= aac.4 ac97.4 adv.4 aha.4 ahb.4 ahc.4 aic.4 ami.4 amphy.4 an.4 \
mtio.4 ncr.4 ne.4 neo.4 netintro.4 ns.4 nsip.4 nsphy.4 nsphyter.4 \
null.4 ohci.4 opl.4 options.4 pcdisplay.4 pchb.4 pckbc.4 pckbd.4 \
pci.4 pciide.4 pcmcia.4 pcscp.4 pms.4 \
- pty.4 puc.4 qsphy.4 raid.4 random.4 ray.4 rl.4 rln.4 \
+ pty.4 puc.4 qsphy.4 raid.4 random.4 ray.4 rd.4 rl.4 rln.4 \
rlphy.4 route.4 scsi.4 sd.4 ses.4 sf.4 siop.4 sis.4 sk.4 sl.4 sm.4 \
spp.4 sppp.4 sqphy.4 ss.4 st.4 ste.4 sv.4 tb.4 tcic.4 tcp.4 termios.4 \
ti.4 tl.4 tlphy.4 tp.4 tqphy.4 tty.4 tun.4 twe.4 tx.4 txp.4 txphy.4 \
diff --git a/share/man/man4/rd.4 b/share/man/man4/rd.4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb9bf3137c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/man/man4/rd.4
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+.\" $OpenBSD: rd.4,v 1.1 2001/05/14 09:32:36 deraadt Exp $
+.\"
+.\" This file is in the public domain.
+.\"
+.Dd May 14, 2001
+.Dt RD 4
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm rd
+.Nd ramdisk driver
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Cd "pseudo-device rd"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+driver enables use of system or user memory as a disk.
+Memory for the disk must be allocated and initialized inside the
+kernel image at build-time using the
+.Nm rdsetroot
+tool.
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /dev/rrdXX -compact
+.It Pa "/dev/rd??"
+block mode ramdisk devices.
+.It Pa "/dev/rrd??"
+raw mode ramdisk devices.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+The
+.Nm rdsetroot
+tool is available as part of the distribution toolset.