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From: John Hay <jhay@meraka.org.za>
To: George Rosamond <george@ceetonetechnology.com>
Subject: Re: TMPFS in kernels
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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
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John Hay -- jhay@meraka.csir.co.za / jhay@meraka.org.za