Re: Using tmpfs for storage?

On Wednesday 10 July 2002 22:27, you wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone has considered allocating all the available RAM
> to memory and then using tmpfs for storage of files in RAM.  This way the
> the ratio between ram/storage can chance dynamically based on the amount of
> storage space used rather than having to be fixed.
>
> Would this be practical?  I'm sure tmpfs can be modified so that it doesn't
> get erased on a reboot.

I certainly wondered why that wasn't done - or even if the "it doesn't get
erased on a reboot" is necessary - in "normal" operation, most PDAs
don't reboot, the on/off button is a power-management->standby() 
operation.



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