Application-accessible nvram/cache for Linux?

[VirginSnow at vfemail.net]

> From: Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net>
> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:53:38 -0400
> Sender: gnhlug-discuss-bounces at mail.gnhlug.org
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Someone just asked me if I had ever heard of an Intel-based system
> with application-accessible non-volatile RAM.  The idea is that OS
> could move things out of swap and/or system memory into nvram
> (battery-backed is okay) in the case of a power failure similar to the
> way RAID controllers do.

Linux has a /dev/nvram, and some kernel config opts related to it.  I
don't know exactly what they're for and really haven't played with
them.