GOTO Masanori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tmpfs in Linux kernel 2.4, is formally known as shmfs (posix shared
> memory filesystem). It's useful for memory-based filesystem like
> Solaris tmpfs. However, if we support new Posix IPC like shm_open(3),
> shm_unlink(3), to make debian posix compliant (and like other
> distros), it should be mounted on /dev/shm.
[...]
> - /dev/MAKEDEV should have /dev/shm in "std" entry.
> - /etc/fstab should mount /dev/shm (tmpfs) in default.
> BTW, the coming Linux kernel 2.6 will support sysfs, replacement for
> procfs (/proc). It's useful if we have /sys directory for kernel 2.6.
[...]
I would propose to handle this similarily to the devpts
filesystem i.e. by a init-script instead of cluttering fstab.
cu andreas
