From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 23:06:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 23:06:21 -0500 Received: from cs2732-110.austin.rr.com ([24.27.32.110]:3057 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 23:06:13 -0500 Message-ID: <3A5B9C9F.2A698B60@flash.net> Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 17:19:59 -0600 From: Rob Landley Organization: Boundaries Unlimited X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.16-22 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [Fwd: Learn from minix: fork ramfs.] - linus's ACTUAL reply. Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------6A930F49A903113D9FD201AC" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------6A930F49A903113D9FD201AC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Okay, the sleep situation has not improved. I'll admit that right now. But it's ABOUT to. G'night... Rob --------------6A930F49A903113D9FD201AC Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from neon-gw.transmeta.com (neon-gw.transmeta.com [209.10.217.66]) by ogopogo.flash.net (8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA16747 for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 21:03:34 -0600 (CST) Received: (from root@localhost) by neon-gw.transmeta.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA05544; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 18:53:17 -0800 Received: from mailhost.transmeta.com(10.1.1.15) by neon-gw.transmeta.com via smap (V2.1) id xma005541; Mon, 8 Jan 01 18:53:02 -0800 Received: from penguin.transmeta.com (penguin.transmeta.com [10.1.2.202]) by deepthought.transmeta.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA02684; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 19:03:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (torvalds@localhost) by penguin.transmeta.com (8.9.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA01467; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 19:03:05 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: penguin.transmeta.com: torvalds owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 19:03:04 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds To: Rob Landley cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Learn from minix: fork ramfs. In-Reply-To: <3A5A3756.3664B63A@flash.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Rob Landley wrote: > > So fork ramfs already. Copy the snapshot you like as an educational > tool, call it skeletonfs.c or some such, and let the current code evolve > into something more useful. The thing is, that I'm not sure that even the extended ramfs is really useful except for very controlled environments (ie initrd-type things where the contents of the ramdisk is _controlled_, and as such the addition of limits is not necessarily all that useful a feature). Others have spoken up on why tmpfs isn't a good thing either, with good arguments. So it's not all about teaching. I think the ramfs limit code has a good argument from Alan for embedded devices, so that probably will make it in. However, even so it's obviously not a 2.4.1 issue, AND as shown by the fact that apparently the thing is buggy and still worked on I wouldn't want the patches right now in the first place. Linus --------------6A930F49A903113D9FD201AC-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/