Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756769AbYJPUwb (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:52:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755093AbYJPUwX (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:52:23 -0400 Received: from zrtps0kp.nortel.com ([47.140.192.56]:43687 "EHLO zrtps0kp.nortel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755071AbYJPUwX (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:52:23 -0400 Message-ID: <48F7A971.3040500@nortel.com> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:52:01 -0600 From: "Chris Friesen" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de> CC: Geert Uytterhoeven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jeffschroeder@computer.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] use tmpfs for rootfs v2 References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Oct 2008 20:52:02.0945 (UTC) FILETIME=[0A9C3710:01C92FD1] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 555 Lines: 15 Bodo Eggert wrote: > Having tmpfs as the root filesystem allows you to get rid of the now unused > ramfs and free some kernel memory. On my system, that's about 5198 bytes > compared to having a ramfs root. If you're not using swap, I assume the memory usage of tmpfs and ramfs would be identical? Chris -- 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/