Re: [patch] tmpfs for 2.4.1

Christoph Rohland
2001-02-03T14:25:18Z

"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.

> In some ways it's kind of sad. I found the /dev/shm interface to be
> rather appealing :)

I totally agree :(