Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Memory usage.

[Heiko Z. <hz...@pr...>]

On 07/28/2003 02:14:52 PM Bruce Smith wrote:
>> >>Doesn't initrd use all the utilities from busybox now?
>> >>If so, does busybox support uclibc?
>> >
>> >Oh yes it does. I'll give it shot.
>> >
>> >We currently use ext2 for our shmfs, if we switch to minix we save =
at
>> >least another 1 MB. Any complains?
>
>Yes, minix has a filename size limit of 14 or 30 characters
>(depending on format options).
>
>This will break applications that use longer filenames.

OK, bye bye minix idea. ;-)

>> >I actually never used minix before, but I expect that it supports t=
he
>> >"normal" file ownerships and permissions.
>>
>> Shit! I forgot that our shmfs can get quite big, i.e. when you use
>chroot
>> jails.
>
>Yes, Minux has a 64MB partition size limitation.
>That could be a problem.  :-)
>
>Would using ReiserFS save any memory over ext2?

I doubt it.
The problem is that we need to have the correct mkfs.xxxx tool in our
initrd.
I'll check tonight how big the static binary is.

Heiko
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