ssm(4)

ssm4

Scalable shared memory

Usage

ssm* at mainbus0

Overview

The ssm driver provides support for the Scalable Shared Memory devices found on Serengeti and Starcat systems. These devices are used to connect snoopy coherency domains together in a coherent fashion to build systems with more than 24 CPUs.

History

The ssm driver first appeared in OpenBSD 4.4.

Authors

The ssm driver was written by Mark Kettenis ⟨[email protected]⟩.

From man 8.0-current-20261101 in OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.