From: "Chris Friesen" <cfriesen@nortel.com>
To: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jeffschroeder@computer.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] use tmpfs for rootfs v2
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:52:01 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48F7A971.3040500@nortel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.0.999.0810161936590.5051@be1.lrz>
Bodo Eggert wrote:
> Having tmpfs as the root filesystem allows you to get rid of the now unused
> ramfs and free some kernel memory. On my system, that's about 5198 bytes
> compared to having a ramfs root.
If you're not using swap, I assume the memory usage of tmpfs and ramfs
would be identical?
Chris
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-16 20:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-16 12:03 [PATCH] use tmpfs for rootfs Bodo Eggert
2008-10-16 13:10 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-10-16 17:35 ` Bodo Eggert
2008-10-16 17:39 ` [PATCH] use tmpfs for rootfs v2 Bodo Eggert
2008-10-16 20:52 ` Chris Friesen [this message]
2008-10-16 22:45 ` Bodo Eggert
2008-10-16 21:03 ` Jeff Schroeder
2008-10-16 22:53 ` Bodo Eggert
2008-10-17 11:16 ` [PATCH] use tmpfs for rootfs v3 Bodo Eggert
2008-10-19 18:12 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-10-20 18:13 ` Bodo Eggert
2008-10-22 19:03 ` Mike Frysinger
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