cudaram - block device in CUDA RAM

Build

$ ./bootstrap $ ./configure [--with-kernel=path_to_kernel] [--with-cuda=path_to_cuda_toolkit] [--enable-debug] $ make

Use

• Load the module

  insmod kmod/cudaram.ko

• /dev/cudaram /dev/cudaramctl should be created
• Start the daemon, the params are cudaram_id and capacity_in_MB

  ./cudaramd/cudaramd 0 400

• Use the block device, e.g. create an ext2 fs on it

  mkfs.ext2 /dev/cudaram0

• And mount it

  mount /dev/cudaram0 /mnt/foo

Stop using

• Unmount

  umount /dev/cudaram0

• Kill the daemon

  ^C or kill

• Unload the module

  rmmod cudaram