mount_xmemfs(1M) System Administration Commands mount_xmemfs(1M)
NAME
mount_xmemfs - mount xmemfs file systems
SYNOPSIS
mount -F xmemfs [generic_options] -o[largebsize,]size=sz [-O] special mount_point
DESCRIPTION
xmemfs is an extended memory file system which provides file system semantics to manage and access large amounts of physical memory which
can exceed 4 GB in size.
mount attaches a xmemfs file system to the file system hierarchy at the pathname location mount_point, which must already exist. If
mount_point has any contents prior to the mount operation, these remain hidden until the file system is once again unmounted. The
attributes (mode, owner, and group) of the root of the xmemfs filesystem are inherited from the underlying mount_point, provided that
those attributes are determinable. If not, the root's attributes are set to their default values.
The special argument is not currently used by xmemfs but a placeholder, (such as xmem), needs to be specified nevertheless.
OPTIONS
See mount(1M) for the list of supported generic_options.
-ospecific_options Specify xmemfs file system specific options in a comma-separated list with no intervening spaces. If invalid
options are specified, a warning message is printed and the invalid options are ignored.
The size=sz specific option is required.
The following options are available:
size=sz The sz argument specifies the desired size of this particular xmemfs file system. If the sz argu-
ment has a k suffix, the number is interpreted as kilobytes. An m suffix is interpreted as
megabytes and g is interpreted as gigabytes. A sz specified with no suffix is interpreted as bytes.
In all cases, the actual size of the file system is the number of bytes specified, rounded up to
the physical pagesize of the system or to the large page size if largebsize is specified.
This specific_option is required.
largebsize If largebsize is specified, xmemfs uses the large memory page size as the file system block size.
On IA32, the large memory page size with mmu36 which supports PAE (Physical Address Extension) is 2
MB. The large memory page size without mmu36/PAE is 4 MB. If there is no large page support, the
file system block size is PAGESIZE.
-O Overlay mount. Allow the file system to be mounted over an existing mount point, making the underlying file system
inaccessible. If a mount is attempted on a pre-existing mount point without setting this flag, the mount fails,
producing the error device busy.
FILES
/etc/mnttab table of mounted file systems
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE |ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Architecture |i386 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Evolving |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
mount(1M), mount(2), mkdir(2), open(2), umount(2), mnttab(4), attributes(5),xmemfs(7FS)
NOTES
If the directory on which a file system is to be mounted is a symbolic link, the file system is mounted on the directory to which the sym-
bolic link refers, rather than on top of the symbolic link itself.
The only file types allowed on xmemfs are directories and regular files. The execution of object files resident in xmemfs is not supported.
Execution is prevented by not allowing users to set execute permissions on regular files.
SunOS 5.10 27 May 1999 mount_xmemfs(1M)