From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 04:52:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 04:52:05 -0500 Received: from smtpde02.sap-ag.de ([194.39.131.53]:42916 "EHLO smtpde02.sap-ag.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 04:51:46 -0500 To: "Albert D. Cahalan" Cc: david+validemail@kalifornia.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: shmem or swapfs? was: [Patch] make shm filesystem part configurable In-Reply-To: <200101132014.f0DKEJh153332@saturn.cs.uml.edu> From: Christoph Rohland In-Reply-To: <200101132014.f0DKEJh153332@saturn.cs.uml.edu> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Capitol Reef) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: 14 Jan 2001 10:56:08 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Albert, "Albert D. Cahalan" writes: > Admins already know what "tmpfs" means, so you should just call > your filesystem that. I know it isn't a pretty name, but in the > interest of reducing confusion, you should use the existing name. > > Don't think of it as just "for /tmp". It is for temporary storage. > The name is a reminder that you shouldn't store archives in tmpfs. OK right now I see two alternatives for the name: "tmpfs" for the SUN admins and "vmfs" for expressing what it does and to be in line with "ramfs". Any votes? > Again for compatibility, Sun's size option would be useful. > > -o size=111222333 Size in bytes, rounded up by page size. > -o size=111222k Size in kilobytes (base-2 or ISO standard?) > -o size=111m Size in megabytes (base-2 or ISO standard?) > > I'd prefer k for ISO standard and K for base-2. > Of course m isn't millibytes, but that isn't horrible. No, I would go for base-2 only. That's what we typically mean with K and M in the IT world. To be case sensitive is IMHO overkill and confusing. Greetings Christoph - 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/