Section (8) zramctl
Name
zramctl — set up and control zram devices
Synopsis
- Get info:
-
zramctl
[options] - Reset zram:
-
zramctl
−r
zramdev... - Print name of first unused zram device:
-
zramctl
−f
- Set up a zram device:
-
zramctl
[−f
| zramdev ] [−s
size ] [−t
number ] [−a
algorithm ]
DESCRIPTION
zramctl is used to quickly set up zram device parameters, to reset zram devices, and to query the status of used zram devices.
If no option is given, all non-zero size zram devices are shown.
Note that zramdev
node specified on command line has to already exist. The
command zramctl
creates a new /dev/zram<N> nodes only when −−find
option specified. It_zsingle_quotesz_s
possible (and common) that after system boot
/dev/zram<N> nodes are not created yet.
OPTIONS
−a, −−algorithm lzo|lz4|lz4hc|deflate|842
-
Set the compression algorithm to be used for compressing data in the zram device.
−f, −−find
-
Find the first unused zram device. If a
−−size
argument is present, then initialize the device. −n, −−noheadings
-
Do not print a header line in status output.
−o, −−output
list
-
Define the status output columns to be used. If no output arrangement is specified, then a default set is used. Use
−−help
to get a list of all supported columns. −−output−all
-
Output all available columns.
−−raw
-
Use the raw format for status output.
−r, −−reset
-
Reset the options of the specified zram device(s). Zram device settings can be changed only after a reset.
−s, −−size
size
-
Create a zram device of the specified
size
. Zram devices are aligned to memory pages; when the requestedsize
is not a multiple of the page size, it will be rounded up to the next multiple. When not otherwise specified, the unit of thesize
parameter is bytes.
The size
argument
may be followed by the multiplicative suffixes KiB (=1024),
MiB (=1024*1024), and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and
YiB (the iB is optional, e.g., K has the same meaning as
KiB) or the suffixes KB (=1000), MB (=1000*1000), and so on
for GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB and YB.
−t, −−streams
number
-
Set the maximum number of compression streams that can be used for the device. The default is one stream.
−V, −−version
-
Display version information and exit.
−h, −−help
-
Display help text and exit.