commence Jan Hudec quotation: > On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 10:56:22AM -0800, Sameer Kamat wrote: >> Can anyone tell me if I there is a module for tmpfs that I can >> insert into the kernel. I am trying to create a tmpfs in rescue mode. If >> anyone can, please let me know the source or the object file that I can >> compile/insert as a module. > > AFAIK there is a tmpfs filesystem in standart kernel and it can be > compiled as a module like all other filesystems. You need to have CONFIG_TMPFS=y. There is no option to build tmpfs as a module. The text of the option is pretty non-obvious: "Virtual memory file system support (former shm fs)". It's under Filesystems. -- / | [|] Sean Neakums | Questions are a burden to others; [|] <sneakums@zork.net> | answers a prison for oneself. \ | -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/