Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 03 Feb 2001 12:27:23 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [patch] tmpfs for 2.4.1 |
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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.)
-hpa
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