On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 4:20 AM, Karl Goetz <k...@kgoetz.id.au> wrote: > On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:32:42 +0100 > Roger Leigh <rle...@codelibre.net> wrote: > >> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:38:03PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > >> Following the discussion yesterday, I'd like to propose doing >> something like the example below. It's possible to size a tmpfs >> as a percentage of core memory, the default being -o size=50%. >> Rather than setting an absolute value, we can size e.g. /run >> as a percentage of total memory, which should scale with /run >> usage better than a fixed value. >> >> Proposal: > [...] >> /run/shm: No default (use general tmpfs default of 20%) >> /tmp: No default (use general tmpfs default of 20%) > > 20% doesn't seem like a lot for /tmp when people try and compile > something. While its not something most people end up doing, it does > seem odd to make people change their tempfs size before they can start > building packages for debian/themselves. > just a thought,
And moreover for scientific computation /tmp need to be on an harddisk. I do not want my 16GiB matric to go to memory when I have only 8GiB of RAM.... Please do not put /tmp on tmpfs use a bind mount of a rw partition Bastien > kk > > -- > Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) > Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer > http://www.kgoetz.id.au > No, I won't join your social networking group > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/BANLkTim8WEMBGzorTV=obey7ihxt9kq...@mail.gmail.com
