I have the problem too on ubuntu 16.04.
To reproduce:
sudo lsmod | grep brd : (nothing) : it is builtin
sudo modprobe brd rd_size=123456
sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/ram0
sudo mount /dev/ram0 /var/cache/ramdisk/
df -m | grep ramdisk :
/dev/ram0 58 2 53 3% /var/cache/ramdisk
-> useless
Regards.
I have the problem too on ubuntu 16.04.
To reproduce:
sudo lsmod | grep brd :
(nothing) : it is builtin
sudo modprobe brd rd_size=123456
sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/ram0
sudo mount /dev/ram0 /var/cache/ramdisk/
df -m | grep ramdisk :
/dev/ram0 58 2 53 3% /var/cache/ramdisk
-> useless
Regards.