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From: Christoph Rohland <cr@sap.com>
To: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.4.x-ac: No loop on tmpfs
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Date: 29 Oct 2001 18:03:20 +0100
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Hi Horst,

On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Horst von Brand wrote:
> Any fundamental reason for this behaviour, and should RH just use
> /var/tmp or something else? Or is this a simple oversight of some
> sort?

loop needs a feature that tmpfs - for fundamental design reasons -
does not support.

Greetings
		Christoph


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