Re: 2.4.0-test9-pre8

From: Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz)
Date: Fri Oct 06 2000 - 15:51:00 EST


Hi!

> > Swapping to /dev/loop* probably can not work.
>
> Probably not no ... we really need to rework /dev/loop into
> an md-like thing ;)
>
> > Swapping to file on nfs does not work.
>
> Any fundamental reasons, or is this in the "fixable"
> category? If it is fixable, I'd like to fix it ;)

> (but I haven't taken a look at the hairy parts yet,
> so I'd like to hear from the people who have tried)

There were some pathces to do that, used to be at
http://www.math1.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/nfs-swap/.

> > Perhaps this should be added to Documentation/swap.txt?
> >
> > (Rik, you know about this issues... Do you feel like creating
> > Documentation/swap.txt?)
>
> I don't really have the opportunity to write documentation
> right now - BIG lack of time ;(...

Just put your todolist inside Documentation/swap.txt :-)
                                                                Pavel

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