On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Wolfgang Schweer wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
>
> > The CPU doesn't matter very much, (though there is a small but
> > noticable difference between a P-100 and a 486 DX 33 when both use
> > simliar graphic chips) and with NFS swapping and custom kernels, I
> > think 8 Mb RAM is ok.
>
> Using custom kernels one can free up some more space in ws memory by
> including support for shmfs (something like 'virtual fs', section
> filesystems during kernel config).
> It is then possible to skip the ram disk for /tmp, using shmfs instead.
> shmfs has the advantage to be resizable, i.e. only the needed memory is
> occupied. Compared to the standard size of the ram disk for /tmp one can
> gain nearly one meg of ram.
> Perhaps this is also of interest if there is plenty of ram, cause shmfs
> is usable for swapping, too.
Why would someone use shmfs for a swap partition. shmfs is ram based.
You'd be much further ahead to leave the ram as free ram and let
the kernel manage that ram for programs or buffer space. swapping
is for the times when you don't have free ram.
Jim McQuillan
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