Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: question about kernel 2.4 ramdisk | Date | Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:55:02 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> simplicity and ramfs with limits is quite a bit less complex than > shmfs. Of course, ramfs without limits is even simpler which is, I > believe, why Linus didn't merge the patch in the first place.
Ramfs without limits is useless. It doesn't provide any guidance to an fs implementor about error handling. Its _too_ simple.
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