From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ram Gupta Subject: Re: [RFC] VM: I have a dream... Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:57:32 -0600 Message-ID: <728201270601231457v14adc0a9t19166ddb330be0e4@mail.gmail.com> References: <200601212108.41269.a1426z@gawab.com> <986ed62e0601221155x6a57e353vf14db02cc219c09@mail.gmail.com> <728201270601230705k25e6890ejd716dbfc393208b8@mail.gmail.com> <280A351A008C409CEF43A734@dhcp-2-206.wgops.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Cc: "Barry K. Nathan" , Al Boldi , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from uproxy.gmail.com ([66.249.92.197]:58949 "EHLO uproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964974AbWAWW55 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:57:57 -0500 Received: by uproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id s2so52870uge for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2006 14:57:55 -0800 (PST) To: Michael Loftis In-Reply-To: <280A351A008C409CEF43A734@dhcp-2-206.wgops.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On 1/23/06, Michael Loftis wrote: > You missed the point. The kernel in OS X maintains creation and use of > these files automatically. The point wasn't oh wow multiple files' it was > that it creates them on the fly. I just posted back with the apparent new > method that's being used. I'm not sure if the 512MB number continues or if > the next file will be 1Gb or another 512M. Or of memory size affects it or > not. > > I'm sure developer.apple.com or apple darwin pages have the information > somewhere. > What do you mean by automatically? As I understand there is no such thing .If there is a task it has to be done by someone. Something is done automatically from application point of done because kernel takes care of that. So if creation and use of swap files is done automatically then who does it? Is it done by hardware?