ramdrive to swap

iram-get-devname

#!/usr/bin/python

import os
import sys
import commands

iRamName = "GIGABYTE i-RAM"

def foundDevName(modelName):
    for c in "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz":
        devPath = "/dev/sd%s"%c
        if os.path.exists(devPath):
            report = commands.getoutput('/sbin/hdparm -i %s'%devPath)
            for line in report.split('\n'):
                if line.strip().startswith("Model=") and modelName in line:
                    return devPath
    return None

iRamDevName = foundDevName(iRamName)
if not iRamDevName:
    sys.exit(-1)

print iRamDevName
sys.exit(0)

iram-swap

#!/bin/sh

#DEV_IRAM=/dev/sdb
DEV_IRAM=`iram-get-devname`
PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

case "$1" in
  start)
        mkswap -f $DEV_IRAM
        swapon $DEV_IRAM
        ;;  
  restart|reload|force-reload)
        echo "Error: argument '$1' not supported" >&2
        exit 3
        ;;  
  stop)
        # swapoff $DEV_IRAM
	# no op
        ;;  
  *)  
        echo "Usage: $0 start|stop" >&2
        exit 3
        ;;  
esac

Makefile

install: iram-swap iram-get-devname
	cp iram-get-devname /usr/bin/
	cp iram-swap /etc/init.d/
	ln -s /etc/init.d/iram-swap /etc/rcS.d/S15iram-swap
	@echo "all done"

uninstall:
	rm -f /usr/bin/iram-get-devname
	rm -f /etc/init.d/iram-swap
	rm -f /etc/rcS.d/S15iram-swap
	@echo "all done"