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To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com>
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"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com> writes:

> > Mmmmmm, does this mean that mounting /dev/shm is no more needed ?
> > One step more towards easy 2.2 <-> 2.4 switching...

Yes, it is no longer needed. You will need for POSIX shm, but there
are not a lot of program out there using it.

> In some ways it's kind of sad.  I found the /dev/shm interface to be
> rather appealing :)

I totally agree :(

        Christoph

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