genode/repos/os/src/server/ram_block
Emery Hemingway 3d68a520cb Tag release 19.11
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Merge tag '19.11'

Tag release 19.11
2019-11-28 13:21:13 +01:00
..
main.cc ram_block: use Number_of_bytes to parse block size 2019-11-19 14:44:02 +01:00
README Consistently name block components 2019-01-14 12:34:39 +01:00
target.mk Consistently name block components 2019-01-14 12:34:39 +01:00
Tupfile Refactor Tup, flatten output directories 2019-10-28 11:32:29 +01:00

RAM block device is an implementation of the block-session interface
running as a client of a RAM session. It either populates the RAM dataspace
by using a ROM dataspace, similiar to loop devices. For example to use
an ISO file the component has to be configured as follows:

! <config file="image.iso" block_size="2048"/>

To use a empty RAM dataspace that is 256MiB large and has a block size
of 4KiB the configuration looks like this:

! <config size="256M" block_size="4096"/>

Either 'size' or 'file' has to specified. If both are declared the 'file'
attribute is soley evaluated.