From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964775AbVHYDMz (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Aug 2005 23:12:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964776AbVHYDMz (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Aug 2005 23:12:55 -0400 Received: from ylpvm29-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.57.60]:37507 "EHLO ylpvm29.prodigy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964775AbVHYDMy (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Aug 2005 23:12:54 -0400 X-ORBL: [67.124.117.85] Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 20:12:42 -0700 From: Chris Wedgwood To: robotti@godmail.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Initramfs and TMPFS! Message-ID: <20050825031242.GC6079@taniwha.stupidest.org> References: <200508242241.j7OMfQ1g012200@ms-smtp-01.rdc-nyc.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200508242241.j7OMfQ1g012200@ms-smtp-01.rdc-nyc.rr.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 06:41:26PM -0400, robotti@godmail.com wrote: > I tried it with kernel 2.6.13-rc5 and it seems to work. it should yes > It uses 50% of total memory for tmpfs, but it would be nice to have > an option (tmpfs_size=90% etc.) that you could pass to the kernel. that's just because of the tmpfs default; you can remount to change that if it's not suitable once your up and running in your init-scripts or whatever > You need to add this to init/main.c for it to compile. > #include hmm... really? i'll rediff it at some point and test it maybe. i really don't like the explicity shm init though, i'd like to think of a cleaner way to do that