From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 24 22:50:00 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40E2516A4CE for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 22:50:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.adventuras.no (mail.adventuras.no [194.63.250.215]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D5E943D39 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 22:49:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lars+lister.freebsd@adventuras.no) Received: from [10.11.12.42] (storgata51.adventuras.no [213.236.228.129]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.adventuras.no (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j1OMnYvH004829 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Thu, 24 Feb 2005 23:49:35 +0100 Message-ID: <421E59FE.7070105@adventuras.no> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 23:49:34 +0100 From: Lars Kristiansen User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050203) X-Accept-Language: nb, no, nn MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lowell Gilbert References: <61266.213.236.228.129.1109260920.squirrel@mail.adventuras.no> <44u0o1dhhu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <44u0o1dhhu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Adventuras: du kan filtrere etter AdvSpamScore over 5-10 X-Adventuras-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.456, required 7, autolearn=not spam, AWL 1.14, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-MailScanner-From: lars+lister.freebsd@adventuras.no cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cleaning /tmp on boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 22:50:00 -0000 Lowell Gilbert skrev: >"Lars Kristiansen" 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. > > Thank you, done. (or tried to) http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=78041 -- Still dark. Hilsen Lars