Subject: Re: softdep?
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Roger Brooks <R.S.Brooks@liverpool.ac.uk>
List: current-users
Date: 03/25/1999 23:16:12
On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, David Maxwell wrote:
>This isn't a direct reply, but along these lines, has anyone ever seen
>a non-volatile RAM PCI card that a driver could create a buffer in to
>survive system restarts? Seems like a simple enough idea that there
>would be one out there already...
What about the non-volatile RAM SIMMs Sun use in newer machines as a
replacement for the SBus prestoserve card? AFAIK they are static RAM
with battery backup, and fit in a normal SIMM slot. No idea if you can
get them to fit machines other than Suns though.
Roger
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