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Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 21:46:14 +0100
From: "J . A . Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es>
To: "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com>
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Subject: Re: [patch] tmpfs for 2.4.1
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On 02.03 H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Christoph Rohland wrote:
> > 
> > "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.
> > 
> 
> Do you need it for POSIX shm or not... if so, I would say you do need it
> (even if it's going to take some time until POSIX shm becomes widely
> used.)
> 

There was a post recently (that now I can't find), that said the shm
management was done with an interal fs. Was that Posix or sysv shm ?

-- 
J.A. Magallon                                                      $> cd pub
mailto:jamagallon@able.es                                          $> more beer

Linux werewolf 2.4.1-ac2 #1 SMP Sat Feb 3 10:45:59 CET 2001 i686

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