Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 17:53:58 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> To: Chris Csanady <ccsanady@friley585.res.iastate.edu> Cc: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de>, Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@coppe.ufrj.br>, fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/locate/locate concatdb.sh locate.rc mklocatedb.sh updatedb.sh Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.95.980317175109.10652A-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <199803141419.IAA06967@friley585.res.iastate.edu>
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On Sat, 14 Mar 1998, Chris Csanady wrote: > >If we have a working memory file system I will revert this > >change. The main problem is that the process mount_mfs(8) > >will only grow and never shrink. > > Has anyone looked at NetBSD's md pseudo-device? It provides a generic > memory disk which you can put an arbitrary file system onto. Seems to > me that it would be better than using a hacked up ffs.. A ram disk would be ok, but it would also be nice to have a memfs that could have it's pages swapped out like mfs and not having to decide the size of the disk in advance. Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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