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| author | Jeremy Utley <jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-08-26 19:05:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Jeremy Utley <jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-08-26 19:05:12 +0000 |
| commit | cfdcaef7823d0b4841cbea42d4b555417568d7aa (patch) | |
| tree | 711055b30e8bd750ee3dcf0613faa271f7172d2f /chapter08 | |
| parent | 8a0d0eb26aa41410c523ddaaf9278b483855c54a (diff) | |
Added tmpfs mount at /dev/shm - Bugzilla bug 562
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2679 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter08')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/fstab.xml | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/kernel-inst.xml | 4 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/fstab.xml b/chapter08/fstab.xml index c9ccdc951..80b515f15 100644 --- a/chapter08/fstab.xml +++ b/chapter08/fstab.xml @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ following:</para> /dev/*LFS* / *fs-type* defaults 1 1 /dev/*swap* swap swap pri=1 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 +shm /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 # End /etc/fstab <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para> @@ -27,6 +28,10 @@ appropriate values (/dev/hda2, /dev/hda5 and reiserfs for example).</para> <para>When adding a reiserfs partition, the <userinput>1 1</userinput> at the end of the line should be replaced with <userinput>0 0</userinput>.</para> +<para>A tmpfs mount is added at /dev/shm to comply with Posix shared memory +requirements. For more information, see the file +Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt in the kernel source tree.</para> + <para>For more information on the various fields which are in the fstab file, see <userinput>man 5 fstab</userinput>.</para> diff --git a/chapter08/kernel-inst.xml b/chapter08/kernel-inst.xml index 6bd824eb3..7b4c0b023 100644 --- a/chapter08/kernel-inst.xml +++ b/chapter08/kernel-inst.xml @@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ system to the <filename class="directory">$LFS/usr/src/linux-&kernel-version;</filename> directory.</para> +<para>It's important to note that to be compliant with Posix shared memory +requirements, we must enable the tmpfs filesystem option, and mount a tmpfs +filesystem at /dev/shm.</para> + <para>Verify dependencies and create dependency information files:</para> <para><screen><userinput>make CC=/opt/gcc-2.95.3/bin/gcc dep</userinput></screen></para> |