On Fri, 5 Oct 2007, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > Am I running crazy here (some 2.6.23-rc6-ish)? > > $ zcat /proc/config.gz | grep TMPFS > # CONFIG_TMPFS is not set > $ grep tmpfs /proc/filesystems > nodev tmpfs
tmpfs (mm/shmem.c) is used by the kernel to support shared memory of various kinds even when CONFIG_TMPFS is not set. But only when CONFIG_TMPFS=y can users mount a tmpfs as a fully capable filesystem. Confusing, yes: sorry for putting the fear of craziness upon you. Hugh - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
