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Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Sat, 26 May 2012 22:08:48 +0200, Jarry wrote: |
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>> I suppose default size for tmpfs is half of physical memory, |
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>> if it is not configured somewhere else. |
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> It is, but that is the default maximum size, a tmpfs filesystem uses |
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> only as much memory as its contents require. |
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>> BTW, is there any way to turn this great feature off? |
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>> What is it good for? I do not see any advantage in having |
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>> /run on tmpfs... |
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> It makes sure that /run is available and writeable early in the boot |
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> process, whereas /var/run may not be and / may be mounted ro. |
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Mine wouldn't be since I have /var on a separate partition. I guess the |
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devs are getting ready for the ultimate screwup udev and friends is |
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putting in place. Oh well. This is life. |
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I just hope it never goes bonkers and tries to use half my ram. lol If |
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it did that while compiling LOo, that could be interesting. :/ |
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Thanks for the info from all the replies. . |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or |
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how you interpreted my words! |
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Miss the compile output? Hint: |
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EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n" |
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