Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 10:15:40 -0800 From: aurfalien <aurfalien@gmail.com> To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mdconfig via rc.conf Message-ID: <B7166D79-4832-43AA-8ED3-B3B3E109B084@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140305124837.426af1bb@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <A2D8BD58-D9D8-4E16-B84D-25D37E195ADE@gmail.com> <20140305124837.426af1bb@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Mar 5, 2014, at 4:48 AM, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 4 Mar 2014 14:14:11 -0800 > aurfalien wrote: >=20 >> Hi, >>=20 >> Are there any other parameters I would need to setup a ram disk at >> boot time? >>=20 >> I have this in my rc.conf; >>=20 >> mdconfig_md100=3D?-t malloc -s 12G? >=20 > It's unlikely that you really want to be using -t malloc, which uses > wired kernel memory that's never released, and can cause kernel panics > if not reserved with the -o option. -t swap will use > swap-backed memory which is equivalent to an ordinary userland malloc. >=20 > However mdconfig has largely been obsoleted by tmpfs which has its own > integrated file-system and so doesn't waste memory on storing deleted > files. >=20 Thanks for this. I=92ll take this under advisement and adjust my = implementation. - aurf "Janitorial Services"
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