On Fri, 5 Oct 2007, Hugh Dickins wrote: > 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.
Oops, sorry, now I remember reading about this... As a matter of fact, the presence in /proc/filesystem - was it a deliberate decision, or technically preferrable or a mistake? Wouldn't it be more logical to completely hide it from the user then? Thanks Guennadi --- Guennadi Liakhovetski - 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/