From: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@baldric.uwo.ca>
To: John Marvin <jsm@udlkern.fc.hp.com>
Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org
Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] [akpm@digeo.com: arch changes for file-offset-in-pte's]
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:19:00 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030324191900.GA6324@systemhalted> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200303241328.GAA02336@udlkern.fc.hp.com>
> Another possibility would be to split out the SWP_TYPE, SWP_OFFSET
> and SWP_ENTRY macros in order to have a 32 bit kernel version and a
> 64 bit kernel version. Then we could go with 16 swap devices for the
> 32 bit kernel and even increase the number of swap devices for the
> 64 bit kernel, since we have a huge number of bits for the offset.
My $0.02
a) Keep the swap size the same, and reduce the number of entries.
= Offers better compatiblity in most situations
b) Split the macro's, keeping the swap size the same, and increase
the number of possible devices.
= Offers size consistency, and benefits to 64-bit kernels.
c.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-24 19:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-24 13:28 [parisc-linux] [akpm@digeo.com: arch changes for file-offset-in-pte's] John Marvin
2003-03-24 19:19 ` Carlos O'Donell [this message]
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2003-03-22 1:20 Matthew Wilcox
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