swapping over network [was Re: 2.3 wish: integrate pcmcia into mainstream kernel]

Pavel Machek (pavel@bug.ucw.cz)
Tue, 8 Jun 1999 11:40:53 +0200


Hi!

> > > enough. And when I hack my kernel, I do not increase version
> > > counts. That's why I do not trust modules.]
> > >
> > > Because I want to be able to nfsroot= with pcmcia ne2k.
> >
> > But nfsroot is really a funny caused by there being no way to do a
> > net booted kernel + initrd on some platforms. Really nfsroot belongs as an
> > initrd problem not in the kernel
>
> Btw, is somebody implementing NFS swapping?

I had net swapping done at one point. (Swapping over nbd, nfs is
pretty unsuitable for the job.)

If you wish to use/maintain it, I'll send you patches.

Pavel

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