Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:36:45 +1030 From: LEI CHEN <adam.chen@tpg.com.au> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: about the tmpmfs="YES" in rc.conf Message-ID: <1100153205.8070.28.camel@Tany.tabcuz.net> In-Reply-To: <20041111054137.GA656@gothmog.gr> References: <1100098727.8070.5.camel@Tany.tabcuz.net> <20041110150727.GA33927@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <1100101672.8070.12.camel@Tany.tabcuz.net> <20041110155146.GA60145@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <1100103100.8070.15.camel@Tany.tabcuz.net> <20041110171405.GA1413@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <1100109989.8070.22.camel@Tany.tabcuz.net> <20041111054137.GA656@gothmog.gr>
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On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 16:11, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2004-11-11 04:36, LEI CHEN <adam.chen@tpg.com.au> wrote: > >On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 03:44, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > >> If you're using the -pipe option of gcc, it shouldn't make such a > >> great difference where /tmp is. I suspect it will make a HUGE > >> difference where your /usr/obj tree is stored though. > > > > yes, I've read this in the handbook, /usr/obj shadows /usr/src > > directories. > > Cool :) > > > But how can I put it into memory? > > Using mdmfs(8). The mdmfs(8) utility is what does all the work behind > the tmpmfs="YES" option in rc.conf. > I've found this url http://bsdvault.net/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=53 very helpful. But I got only 256Mb of memory, so I can't mount 300Mb mfs into RAM. And therefore I can only mount 128Mb or so. Well in this case, would there be a memory overflow during make world? And what to do if this is the case? Cheers, LEI >
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