From: bjl@loki.research.ptt.nl (Ben Lippolt) Subject: Swap files (was: Re: .97 kernel and root disk/probs with swapping) Date: 1 Sep 1992 06:14:38 GMT
torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds) writes:
>Swapping from a partition is a lot faster than swapping from a file, but
>creating a file is easier, and it's easier to remove or resize.
> Linus
On the subject of swapping.
Would it be possible to implement a scheme (a la SunOS) where you can
'add' swap files to the swap space? E.g. I have a 8Mb swap partition, and
when I need more (which happens once in a while) I just create a swap
file and add it to my 8 Mb swap space. Would this be a minor (i.e. I
can do it myself) or a major change?
Ben Lippolt.