diff --git a/share/man/man5/Makefile b/share/man/man5/Makefile index 572882b677af..c4b2a2989fa9 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man5/Makefile @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ MAN= acct.5 \ stab.5 \ style.Makefile.5 \ sysctl.conf.5 \ + tmpfs.5 \ utmp.5 MLINKS= dir.5 dirent.5 diff --git a/share/man/man5/tmpfs.5 b/share/man/man5/tmpfs.5 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..dc2f584a4218 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man5/tmpfs.5 @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2007 Xin LI +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products +.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission +.\" +.\" THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd June 16, 2007 +.Dt TMPFS 5 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm tmpfs +.Nd "tmpfs the efficient memory file system" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To load as a kernel loadable module: +.Pp +.Dl "kldload tmpfs" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver will permit the +.Fx +kernel to access +.Tn tmpfs +file systems. +.Sh EXAMPLES +To mount a +.Nm +memory file system: +.Pp +.Dl "mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /tmp" +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr nmount 2 , +.Xr unmount 2 , +.Xr fstab 5 , +.Xr mount 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Fx 7.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +kernel implementation was written by +.An Julio M. Merino Vidal Aq jmmv@NetBSD.org +as a Google SoC project. +.Pp +.An Rohit Jalan +and others ported it from +.Nx +to +.Fx . +.Pp +This manual page was written by +.An Xin LI Aq delphij@FreeBSD.org . +.Sh BUGS +The +.Nm +kernel implementation is currently considered as +an experimental feature. Some file system mount +time options are not well supported.