Re: How to send a break? - dump from frozen 64bit linux

From: Andev Debi
Date: Mon Aug 20 2007 - 03:44:22 EST


On 5/29/06, Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 28/05/06, Haar János <djani22@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [snip]
> > I can only use swap _file_ in this config, and swapping into file is
> > relatively slow.
>
> Not so. With a 2.4.x kernel swap files were slower than swap
> partitions, but with the 2.6 kernel a swap file is just as fast as a
> swap partition.
>

what made this possible? any pointers please?
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