tmpfs?

tmpfs?

[Norberto Bensa]

Hello,

I've configured my kernel (2.4.13-ac8) to use tmpfs, but it seems that it
only uses half my physical memory (64 of 128MB).

>From Configure/help
/*
    Tmpfs is a file system which keeps all files in virtual memory.

    In contrast to RAM disks, which get allocated a ficed aount of physical
RAM, tmps grows and shrinks to accommodate the files it contains and is able
to swap unneeded pages out to swap space.
*/

Well, it doesn't grows, neither shrinks, but maybe it's only me because I'm
a newbie with this. How does tmpfs works, and how do I configure it
correctly.

Thank you in advance,
Norberto

Re: tmpfs?

[José Luis Domingo López]

On Sunday, 18 November 2001, at 00:56:37 -0300,
Norberto Bensa wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I've configured my kernel (2.4.13-ac8) to use tmpfs, but it seems that it
> only uses half my physical memory (64 of 128MB).
> 
tmpfs as any other filesystem has mount time options. Check:
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-fs3.html

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Re: tmpfs?

[Christoph Rohland]

Hi Norberto,

On Sun, 18 Nov 2001, Norberto Bensa wrote:
> I've configured my kernel (2.4.13-ac8) to use tmpfs, but it seems
> that it only uses half my physical memory (64 of 128MB).

,----[ Configure.help ]
| Virtual memory file system support
| CONFIG_TMPFS

[...]

|   You can set limits for the number of blocks and inodes used by the
|   filesystem with the mount options "size", "nr_blocks" and
|   "nr_inodes". These parameters accept a suffix k, m or g for kilo,
|   mega and giga and can be changed on remount.
|   
|   The initial permissions of the root directory can be set with the
|   mount option "mode".
`----

So the configure help gives you the answer: Use the size mount
option.

Greetings
		Christoph