Hi, >> I have a general question on how this vserver/overlay/whatever >> system is supposed to handle system files that are not part of the >> system image, but still exist in the root file system. For >> instance, take /var/log/messages or /dev/log? Where are they >> stored? Are they mixed in with the other system files?
> Just a note about these particular files. I don't think that on > the final version that we're going to be running a kernel or syslog > daemon. We're running them right now because they are useful for > debugging but I don't want those out there in the field taking up > memory and writing to the flash when they don't have to be. I > suspect that for most users they will have very little use. We're currently using a tmpfs for these (/var/log, /var/run, plus others) so they aren't being written to the flash at all. I'd rather have us keep doing that than turn them off, since we're throwing away useful in-the-field debugging information (for anyone who wants to help fix laptops remotely, not just us) if we turn them off. - Chris. -- Chris Ball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
