Lowell Gilbert skrev:
"Lars Kristiansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Alternatively, is there something similar to tmpfs from Linux
available on FreeBSD? I've heard about mfs but it statically
allocates memory from the VM, I'd prefer if allocation was done only
as needed on demand.
Found these: http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?41E01905.3040200 http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?45044.1105365790
So swap backed memory disks only swaps to disk when necessary.
Wish that could have been mentioned in the handbook or man-pages.
Should I try to PR that? Someone more knowledgeable will do it I hope :-)
--- src/share/man/man4/md.4.ORIG Thu Feb 24 11:51:37 2005 +++ src/share/man/man4/md.4 Thu Feb 24 11:51:51 2005 @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ This allows for mounting ISO images without the tedious detour over actual physical media. .It Cm swap -Backing store is allocated from swap space. +Backing store is allocated from virtual memory space. .El .Pp For more information, please see
Feel free to PR.
Thank you, done. (or tried to) http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=78041
-- Still dark. Hilsen Lars
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