Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Mar 2001 15:21:56 +0000 (GMT) | From | Guennadi Liakhovetski <> | Subject | Re: Is swap == 2 * RAM a permanent thing? |
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On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote: > > "Rik van Riel wrote:" > > > total usage == maximum(swap, ram) > > > > Does it mean that having swap<RAM you only lose some disk space ? > > If you actually "rely" on swap, yes.
Sorry, I also don't understand this. Take a plain simple situation - your RAM is full, swap (which is < RAM) empty, you start (or try to) another application - will it start? If yes - it means you already have total > max(swap, RAM) if you simply can't start another app in this situation - that'd be VERY strange...
Guennadi
> > If you usually don't swap but want to have it for "overflow" > in some situations, or if only a few things end up on swap, > then it's actually useful. > > regards, > > Rik > -- > Linux MM bugzilla: http://linux-mm.org/bugzilla.shtml > > Virtual memory is like a game you can't win; > However, without VM there's truly nothing to lose... > > http://www.surriel.com/ > http://www.conectiva.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com/ > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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