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authorGreg Schafer <greg@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-10-04 02:55:49 +0000
committerGreg Schafer <greg@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-10-04 02:55:49 +0000
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Chapter 5 - Binutils Pass 1: Add extra LDFLAGS to ensure static rebuild of ld. Add some clarifying notes re package directory removal and POSIX shared memory.
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@@ -32,9 +32,12 @@ end of the line should be replaced with <emphasis>0 0</emphasis>, as such a
partition does not need to be dumped or checked</para>
<para>The <filename>/dev/shm</filename> mount point for tmpfs is included to
-comply with Posix shared memory requirements. For more information on this,
-see <filename>Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt</filename> in the kernel
-source tree.</para>
+enable POSIX shared memory. Your kernel must have the required support built
+into it for this to work. More about this in the next section. Please note that
+currently, very little software actually uses POSIX shared memory. Therefore you
+can consider the <filename>/dev/shm</filename> mount optional. For more
+information, see <filename>Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt</filename> in the
+kernel source tree.</para>
<para>There are other lines which you may consider adding to your
<filename>fstab</filename> file. One example is a line to use if you intend to