Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [patch] tmpfs for 2.4.1 | Date | 1 Feb 2001 15:50:02 -0800 |
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Followup to: <m3lmrqrspv.fsf@linux.local> By author: Christoph Rohland <cr@sap.com> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Hi, > > here is the latest version of my tmpfs patch against 2.4.1 > > Have fun > Christoph > > diff -uNr 2.4.1/Documentation/Changes 2.4.1-tmpfs/Documentation/Changes > --- 2.4.1/Documentation/Changes Tue Jan 30 11:06:59 2001 > +++ 2.4.1-tmpfs/Documentation/Changes Thu Feb 1 22:04:13 2001 > @@ -114,20 +114,6 @@ > DevFS is now in the kernel. See Documentation/filesystems/devfs/* in > the kernel source tree for all the gory details. > > -System V shared memory is now implemented via a virtual filesystem. > -You do not have to mount it to use it. SYSV shared memory limits are > -set via /proc/sys/kernel/shm{max,all,mni}. You should mount the > -filesystem under /dev/shm to be able to use POSIX shared > -memory. Adding the following line to /etc/fstab should take care of > -things: > - > -none /dev/shm shm defaults 0 0 > - > -Remember to create the directory that you intend to mount shm on if > -necessary (The entry is automagically created if you use devfs). You > -can set limits for the number of blocks and inodes used by the > -filesystem with the mount options nr_blocks and nr_inodes. > - > The Logical Volume Manager (LVM) is now in the kernel. If you want to > use this, you'll need to install the necessary LVM toolset. >
What happened with this being a management tool for shared memory segments?!
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