Messages in this thread | | | From | Matthias Urlichs <> | Subject | Re: cachefs / tmpfs | Date | Sun, 22 Sep 1996 22:21:50 +0100 |
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In linux.dev.kernel, article <m0v4mOv-0005FbC@lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk>, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) writes: > > The ramdisk is a pretty good tmpfs now since it allocates from the cache and > doesnt waste memory. I don't know if the various bugs in using it like that > in 1.3.x got fixed. Only one way to find out > However, tmpfs on a Sun, for instance, is able to swap out. The RAM disk driver on Linux can't do that.
Unless somebody sits down and implements it, of course. ;-)
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