Re: ramfs

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On Sat, Apr 07, 2007 at 08:35:33AM +0530, Ashok kumar wrote:
> what is the use of ramfs in the linux kernel?

It's used for lots of things, from specific filesystems like securityfs
or debugfs or usbfs, to a general ram based filesystem, and for some
internal-to-the kernel filesystems that it uses to manage resources for
userspace or the kernel internals.

Hope this helps,

greg k-h

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