From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266128AbUGOGbm (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Jul 2004 02:31:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266129AbUGOGbm (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Jul 2004 02:31:42 -0400 Received: from holomorphy.com ([207.189.100.168]:54178 "EHLO holomorphy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266128AbUGOGbl (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Jul 2004 02:31:41 -0400 Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 23:30:58 -0700 From: William Lee Irwin III To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Naveed Latif , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 7 GB RAM Drive Message-ID: <20040715063058.GQ3411@holomorphy.com> Mail-Followup-To: William Lee Irwin III , Jeff Garzik , Naveed Latif , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040715035459.91164.qmail@web8201.mail.in.yahoo.com> <40F62191.9090000@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40F62191.9090000@pobox.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040523i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Naveed Latif wrote: >> hello dears, >> I want to make a 7 GB RAM Disk. On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 02:17:53AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Use ramfs. > Jeff rd.c has numerous issues beyond the performance/capacity -related ones that are irreparable without invasive changes elsewhere in the kernel (and similarly, the performance/capacity issues require likewise). So it would be best for him to do so if possible, yes. So I concur. -- wli