> It is called a ramdisk. I believe there is a howto. I can't see
memfs != ramdisk. Moreover, arguments below are pretty much void - memfs
doesn't grab the chunk of RAM to hold. Its blocks can be paged out, on
the same basis as pages of any process.
> how in todays technology age that ANY ramdisk speeds up ANY
> system for ANY reason though. The memory is better used as
> cache, etc... Forcing it to ramdisk needlessly wastes the unused
> space IMHO.
You do not force it.
> I've yet to see anyone provide useful benchmark results that show
> benefits of running ramdisks.
Sure, but it's *not* a ramdisk you are thinking of. Memfs has its
suckitude but it's completely different one.
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