Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 26 Apr 2001 22:39:50 +0200 | From | Marko Kreen <> | Subject | Re: ramdisk/tmpfs/ramfs/memfs ? |
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On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 08:48:26PM +0200, Bjorn Wesen wrote: > On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Padraig Brady wrote: > > 3. If I've no backing store (harddisk?) is there any advantage > > of using tmpfs instead of ramfs? Also does tmpfs need a > > backing store? > > I don't know what tmpfs does actually, but if it is like you suggest (a > ramfs that can be swapped out ?) then you don't need it obviously (since > you don't have any swap). > > ramfs simply inserts any files written into the kernels cache and tells it > not to forget it. it can't get much more simple than that. > > > 5. Can you set size limits on ramfs/tmpfs/memfs? > > i don't think you can set a limit in the current ramfs implementation but > it would not be particularly difficult to make it work I think
tmpfs is basically ramfs with limits.
-- marko
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