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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


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