Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Fri, 5 Oct 2007 21:36:51 +0200 (CEST) | From | Guennadi Liakhovetski <> | Subject | Re: tmpfs disabled in .config but in /proc/filesystems |
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On Fri, 5 Oct 2007, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Oct 2007, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > > Am I running crazy here (some 2.6.23-rc6-ish)? > > > > $ zcat /proc/config.gz | grep TMPFS > > # CONFIG_TMPFS is not set > > $ grep tmpfs /proc/filesystems > > nodev tmpfs > > tmpfs (mm/shmem.c) is used by the kernel to support shared memory > of various kinds even when CONFIG_TMPFS is not set. But only when > CONFIG_TMPFS=y can users mount a tmpfs as a fully capable filesystem. > Confusing, yes: sorry for putting the fear of craziness upon you.
Oops, sorry, now I remember reading about this... As a matter of fact, the presence in /proc/filesystem - was it a deliberate decision, or technically preferrable or a mistake? Wouldn't it be more logical to completely hide it from the user then?
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