Date: 24 Feb 2005 11:56:13 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "Lars Kristiansen" <lars+lister.freebsd@adventuras.no> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cleaning /tmp on boot Message-ID: <44u0o1dhhu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <61266.213.236.228.129.1109260920.squirrel@mail.adventuras.no> References: <a1138db305022404423f7afde4@mail.gmail.com> <61266.213.236.228.129.1109260920.squirrel@mail.adventuras.no>
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"Lars Kristiansen" <lars+lister.freebsd@adventuras.no> writes: > > Alternatively, is there something similar to tmpfs from Linux > > available on FreeBSD? I've heard about mfs but it statically > > allocates memory from the VM, I'd prefer if allocation was done only > > as needed on demand. > > Found these: > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?41E01905.3040200 > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?45044.1105365790 > > So swap backed memory disks only swaps to disk when necessary. > > Wish that could have been mentioned in the handbook or man-pages. > Should I try to PR that? Someone more knowledgeable will do it I hope :-) --- src/share/man/man4/md.4.ORIG Thu Feb 24 11:51:37 2005 +++ src/share/man/man4/md.4 Thu Feb 24 11:51:51 2005 @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ This allows for mounting ISO images without the tedious detour over actual physical media. .It Cm swap -Backing store is allocated from swap space. +Backing store is allocated from virtual memory space. .El .Pp For more information, please see Feel free to PR. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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