Re: [patch] tmpfs for 2.4.1

J . A . Magallon
2001-02-03T21:16:14Z

On 02.03 H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 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.)
>

There was a post recently (that now I can't find), that said the shm
management was done with an interal fs. Was that Posix or sysv shm ?

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