--- title: Microsoft's RAMDAX Driver Merged For Linux 6.19 To Carve... description: Microsoft's RAMDAX driver has been merged into Linux 6.19 kernel, enabling system RAM to be carved out and presented as NVDIMM (Non-Volatile Memory Device)... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-ramdax-driver-merged-for-linux-6-19-to-carve-out-ram-as-nvdimm-devices-di4issjbd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microsoft's RAMDAX Driver Merged For Linux 6.19 To Carve Out RAM As NVDIMM Devices | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft's RAMDAX driver has been merged into Linux 6.19 kernel, enabling system RAM to be carved out and presented as NVDIMM (Non-Volatile Memory Device)... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-ramdax-driver-merged-for-linux-6-19-to-carve-out-ram-as-nvdimm-devices-di4issjbd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/DI4ISSjBD.png og:image:alt: Microsoft's RAMDAX Driver Merged For Linux 6.19 To Carve Out RAM As NVDIMM Devices og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Microsoft's RAMDAX Driver Merged For Linux 6.19 To Carve Out RAM As NVDIMM Devices **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Microsoft's RAMDAX driver has been merged into Linux 6.19 kernel, enabling system RAM to be carved out and presented as NVDIMM (Non-Volatile Memory Device) devices. This addition to the NVDIMM subsystem allows developers to allocate portions of regular RAM for use as persistent memory devices, useful for testing and development scenarios without requiring actual NVDIMM hardware. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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