Re: Swap partition vs swap file

[Andrew Morton]

Mike Richards <mrmikerich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Given this situation, is there any significant performance or
>  stability advantage to using a swap partition instead of a swap file?

In 2.6 they have the same reliability and they will have the same
performance unless the swapfile is badly fragmented.
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