From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com>
To: Christoph Rohland <cr@sap.com>
Cc: "J . A . Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es>,
"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] tmpfs for 2.4.1
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 12:27:23 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A7C69AB.9C7603A8@transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010123205315.A4662@werewolf.able.es> <m3lmrqrspv.fsf@linux.local> <95csna$vb6$1@cesium.transmeta.com> <m3puh1que4.fsf@linux.local> <20010202215254.C2498@werewolf.able.es> <3A7B1EDC.DA2588BA@transmeta.com> <m3d7d0pwnr.fsf@linux.local>
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.)
-hpa
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-02-03 20:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-01-23 19:53 swapfs for 2.4.1-pre J . A . Magallon
2001-02-01 21:39 ` [patch] tmpfs for 2.4.1 Christoph Rohland
2001-02-01 23:50 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-02-02 9:57 ` Christoph Rohland
2001-02-02 20:52 ` J . A . Magallon
2001-02-02 20:55 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-02-03 0:06 ` J . A . Magallon
2001-02-03 15:02 ` Christoph Rohland
2001-02-03 14:28 ` Christoph Rohland
2001-02-03 20:27 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2001-02-03 20:46 ` J . A . Magallon
2001-02-04 9:53 ` Christoph Rohland
2001-02-04 9:18 ` Christoph Rohland
[not found] ` <20010203234550.A507@squish>
[not found] ` <m3zog2n6ec.fsf@linux.local>
[not found] ` <20010205210540.A10316@squish>
2001-02-06 9:18 ` VM question (ramfs abuse) Christoph Rohland
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