From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How can I control size of /run (tmpfs)?
Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 21:40:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120526214001.0668531f@digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FC13850.2020802@gmail.com>
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On Sat, 26 May 2012 22:08:48 +0200, Jarry wrote:
> I suppose default size for tmpfs is half of physical memory,
> if it is not configured somewhere else.
It is, but that is the default maximum size, a tmpfs filesystem uses
only as much memory as its contents require.
> BTW, is there any way to turn this great feature off?
> What is it good for? I do not see any advantage in having
> /run on tmpfs...
It makes sure that /run is available and writeable early in the boot
process, whereas /var/run may not be and / may be mounted ro.
--
Neil Bothwick
Of all the people I've met you're certainly one of them
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Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-26 19:46 [gentoo-user] How can I control size of /run (tmpfs)? Jarry
2012-05-26 20:01 ` Dale
2012-05-26 20:08 ` Jarry
2012-05-26 20:28 ` Dale
2012-05-26 20:43 ` Michael Mol
2012-05-26 20:44 ` Alex Schuster
2012-05-26 21:02 ` Michael Hampicke
2012-05-26 21:20 ` Michael Mol
2012-05-26 23:23 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-05-26 20:33 ` Michael Mol
2012-05-26 20:40 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2012-05-26 22:17 ` Dale
2012-05-26 22:34 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-05-26 23:17 ` Dale
2012-05-26 23:21 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-05-27 0:15 ` Dale
2012-05-27 2:30 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-05-27 3:06 ` Dale
2012-05-27 4:29 ` Joshua Murphy
2012-05-27 4:51 ` Dale
2012-05-27 5:22 ` Joshua Murphy
2012-05-27 6:04 ` Dale
2012-05-27 6:20 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-05-27 6:34 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-05-27 7:05 ` Jarry
2012-05-27 7:59 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-05-27 12:41 ` William Kenworthy
2012-05-27 8:24 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-05-28 18:31 ` Jarry
2012-05-28 18:58 ` Michael Mol
2012-05-28 19:24 ` Jarry
2012-05-28 20:40 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-05-28 21:19 ` Michael Mol
2012-05-28 22:38 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-05-28 22:41 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-05-27 8:16 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-05-26 22:45 ` Michael Mol
2012-05-28 2:06 ` Walter Dnes
2012-05-28 3:44 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-05-28 17:47 ` pk
2012-05-29 2:38 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-05-26 21:47 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
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