Subject: Re: phasing out mfs; make init(8) use tmpfs?
To: Eric Haszlakiewicz <erh@swapsimple.com>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/16/2007 12:40:50
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:11:12 -0600
Eric Haszlakiewicz <erh@swapsimple.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 06:04:41PM -0600, David Young wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 11:55:51PM +0000, Geoff Wing wrote:
> > > Only TMPFS? What if TMPFS fails?
> >
> > I agree with you and Izumi Tsutsui, MFS ought to be attempted if
> > TMPFS fails.
>
> Three questions:
> How does this work toward the stated goal of phasing out mfs?
> Why would tmpfs fail?
> If tmpfs fails, why wouldn't mfs fail?
>
Because it's not in the kernel? Init should be able to deal with
that, I think.
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb