2008-08-19 13:59:15

by Chen Pei Chao

Subject: Is there linux RAM filesystem with a fixed amount of mem ory?‏

Hi All,

Is there any RAM file system that use a fixed amount of memory at all times
and will not grow and
shrink dynamically like tmpfs?
Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Jackie

2008-08-19 14:46:50

by David Newall

Subject: Re: Is there linux RAM filesystem with a fixed amount of memory?‏

> Is there any RAM file system that use a fixed amount of memory at all times
> and will not grow and shrink dynamically like tmpfs?

ramfs

2008-08-19 16:31:51

by Sven-Haegar Koch

Subject: Re: Is there linux RAM filesystem with a fixed amount of memory?‏

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008, Chen Pei Chao wrote:

> Is there any RAM file system that use a fixed amount of memory at all times
> and will not grow and
> shrink dynamically like tmpfs?
> Thanks in advance.

There are the old-style ramdisk block-devices, which will just claim the
specified amount of memory and can be formatted with any filesystem.

c'ya
sven

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