"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com> writes:
> Do you need it for POSIX shm or not... if so, I would say you do need it
> (even if it's going to take some time until POSIX shm becomes widely
> used.)
Yes, you need it. glibc 2.2 will search for a shm fs on shm_open. And
without it fails. And the recommendation in the Configure.help is to
mount it.
But you do not need to mount it for any pre 2.4 functionality.
Greetings
Christoph
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