Re: Linux 2.1 wishlist...

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 16 Jun 1996 15:23:28 +0100 (BST)


> Actually, I'd like to see this as an option for ALL filesystems,
> not just NFS. I'm not convinced that always rereading a page
> from the original binary is faster than paging out to a dedicated
> swap partition. Less seeks, more potential use of clustering,

It will really depend on the system, the disk layout, having swap on different
disks. It should be generic however as there are at least two obvious uses and
Im sure Sct intends to do it generically anyway as its also easier

[the other use is running binaries off CD]