Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 16 Dec 2001 18:03:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 16 Dec 2001 18:03:47 -0500 Received: from 217-126-161-163.uc.nombres.ttd.es ([217.126.161.163]:55424 "EHLO DervishD.viadomus.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 16 Dec 2001 18:03:37 -0500 To: raul@viadomus.com, rml@tech9.net Subject: Re: Is /dev/shm needed? Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-Id: Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 00:15:23 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ra=FAl?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?N=FA=F1ez?= de Arenas Coronado Reply-To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ra=FAl?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?N=FA=F1ez?= de Arenas Coronado X-Mailer: DervishD TWiSTiNG Mailer Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello Robert :) >It is not needed. /dev/shm mounted with tmpfs is only needed for POSIX >shared memory, which is still fairly rare. That this means that I can mount more than one 'tmpfs' just like if it's a *real* filesystem? I wasn't sure, since it's implemented thru the page cache. >It is dynamic, so you don't need to specify a size. Yes, I knew, I meant the maximum size. I don't want half of the RAM occupied just by a programming mistake ;))) Thanks a lot for your help :) Ra?l - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/