Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 08:11:36 +0200 From: John Hay <jhay@meraka.org.za> To: George Rosamond <george@ceetonetechnology.com> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TMPFS in kernels Message-ID: <20140303061136.GB85204@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> In-Reply-To: <5314016B.1000107@ceetonetechnology.com> References: <5313D0FE.8010008@ceetonetechnology.com> <1393818974.1149.270.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <5314016B.1000107@ceetonetechnology.com>
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On Sun, Mar 02, 2014 at 11:13:31PM -0500, George Rosamond wrote: > Ian Lepore: > > On Sun, 2014-03-02 at 19:46 -0500, George Rosamond wrote: > >> Is there a reason why TMPFS(5) is not in the 10-Stable's ALIX and RPI-B > >> kernels, yet in BEAGLEBONE? Haven't checked the others. > >> > >> Seems like a strong and mature replacement for md(4) from my > >> experiences, and probably belongs in the Crochet fstabs. I have been > >> using on Alix, RPis, x86 for a long while, and never had any > >> (noticeable) issues. > >> > >> g > > > > I agree. Should we add it to all configs, or just to armv6 configs? > > > > I'd assume we should have it all the kernels.. especially since most of > them are running off flash-type media, which makes memory-based disks > pretty vital. Our embedded systems also use compact flash disks mounted ro. We have been (ab)using the nice etc/rc.initdiskless and etc/rc.d/var scripts by just having an etc/diskless and populated conf/base and conf/defaults directories. But it seems those scripts just work with md devices. John -- John Hay -- jhay@meraka.csir.co.za / jhay@meraka.org.za
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