Re: question about kernel 2.4 ramdisk

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:55:02 +0000 (GMT)

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> simplicity and ramfs with limits is quite a bit less complex than
> shmfs. Of course, ramfs without limits is even simpler which is, I
> believe, why Linus didn't merge the patch in the first place.

Ramfs without limits is useless. It doesn't provide any guidance to an fs
implementor about error handling. Its _too_ simple.

Alan
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