Linux /dev/shm

[Chagin Dmitry]

On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 08:49:08PM -0600, Jason Bacon wrote:
> 
> Not sure where else to ask this:
> 
> I'm trying to run Atomistix (http://www.quantumwise.com/) on FreeBSD 10.1.
> 
> The installer runs without a hitch, but I've run into issues with one of 
> the main binaries, vnl_exec.
> 
> First problem was a missing libgomp.  linux-c6-devtools installs a 
> dangling link in:
> 
> /compat/linux/usr/lib/gcc/i686-redhat-linux/4.4.4/libgomp.so
> 
> I fixed this by patching the port to include libgomp-4.4.7-11.el6.i686.rpm.
> 
> That got vnl_exec past all the link errors, but now I'm running into this:
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
>    File "./zipdir/NL/__init__.py", line 17, in <module>
>    File "./zipdir/NL/ComputerScienceUtilities/Singleton.py", line 120, 
> in <module>
>    File "./build/lib/python2.7/multiprocessing/__init__.py", line 183, 
> in RLock
>    File "./build/lib/python2.7/multiprocessing/synchronize.py", line 
> 172, in __init__
>    File "./build/lib/python2.7/multiprocessing/synchronize.py", line 75, 
> in __init__
> OSError: [Errno 38] Function not implemented
> 
>  From what I've found on the Linux forums, this is indicating that the 
> app requires a tmpfs mounted on /dev/shm as an IPC interface. Is there 
> any way to emulate this on FreeBSD?
> 
yes, see r218497 commit description. it seems to me that you should mount tmpfs somewhere
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Have fun!
chd