[yocto] Using tmpfs for WORKDIR

[Khem Raj]

On Aug 13, 2013, at 9:39 AM, "Burton, Ross" <ross.burton at intel.com> wrote:

> On 13 August 2013 17:37, Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com> wrote:
>> This seems reasonable especially for folks who don't want to keep intermediate objects around
>> in build tree. I also have a setup where I build in tmpfs. I think it would be a nice step
>> to write a wiki document explaining steps that are needed to configure your system to use tmpfs so anyone can
>> try it out and with a bit of added explanation on how much ram is minimally needed and so on.
>> and we can then keep improving this document.
> 
> Agreed.  It's interesting that so many people are building this way,
> so we should consolidate the best practises.
> 
> Do you build with TMPDIR in tmpfs, or just WORKDIR in tmpfs?

I usually keep everything in tmpfs and use sstate over network this is on a machine with 128G RAM

> 
> Ross