DK(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual DK(4)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) par‐
titioning detection method, with support for
Extended MBRs.
FILES
/dev/{,r}dk* dk device special files.
SEE ALSOconfig(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.
BSD May 19, 2010 BSD