On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, rzryyvzy wrote: > I know that tmpfs is a memmory filesystem. Is there a possibility to > create also a memory block device? > Is there a possibility to create for example a 1 GB memory block device > (from the RAM)?
There are the /dev/ram* devices, created through kernel config CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM (RAM disk support), kernel module rd.ko But I'm not sure how to configure their size besides setting the kernel config option, it's a long time ago that I used them last. c'ya sven -- The Internet treats censorship as a routing problem, and routes around it. (John Gilmore on http://www.cygnus.com/~gnu/) -- 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/

