[OLPC-devel] Re: [One Laptop Per Child] #65: Temporary filesystems should be in RAM

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#65: Temporary filesystems should be in RAM
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 Reporter:  wmb at firmworks.com  |        Owner:  marcelo  
     Type:  enhancement        |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  high               |    Milestone:  rev1 beta
Component:  kernel             |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:                     |  
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Changes (by jg):

  * owner:  blizzard => marcelo
  * milestone:  rev1 alpha => rev1 beta

Comment:

 ramfs is the right answer.  We use it on the iPAQ.

 It dynamically trades memory with VM and the buffer cache.

 http://lwn.net/Articles/156098/ has a description.

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