linux-kernel - Re: Is there linux RAM filesystem with a fixed amount of memory?‏

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Date:	Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:31:41 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Sven-Haegar Koch <haegar@...net.de>
To:	Chen Pei Chao <jackie73@....hinet.net>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jackie.chen@...conn.com
Subject: Re: Is there linux RAM filesystem with a fixed amount of memory?‏

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008, Chen Pei Chao wrote:

> Is there any RAM file system that use a fixed amount of memory at all times
> and will not grow and
> shrink dynamically like tmpfs?
> Thanks in advance.

There are the old-style ramdisk block-devices, which will just claim the 
specified amount of memory and can be formatted with any filesystem.

c'ya
sven

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