* swap memory
@ 2001-04-16 8:26 gis88530
2001-04-16 14:25 ` Rik van Riel
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From: gis88530 @ 2001-04-16 8:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Hello,
Does linux kernel swap data out to disk?
or
It just reside in the physical memory.
or
You could give me a hint. Thanks a lot.
Cheers,
Tom
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* Re: swap memory
2001-04-16 8:26 gis88530
@ 2001-04-16 14:25 ` Rik van Riel
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Rik van Riel @ 2001-04-16 14:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gis88530; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, gis88530 wrote:
> Does linux kernel swap data out to disk?
> or It just reside in the physical memory.
The Linux kernel always resides in physical memory.
Rik
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* Re: swap memory
2002-08-26 2:49 swap memory net reel
@ 2002-08-25 22:17 ` Ron Henry
2002-08-26 3:22 ` Ron Henry
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Ron Henry @ 2002-08-25 22:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: net reel; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Sun, 2002-08-25 at 22:49, net reel wrote:
> Hi, I have a very newbie question but I couldnt get an answer in anywhere so please, could someone explain me how swap is initialized? Is it initalized when the kernel is decompressed or when the init scripts are called?
>
Swap is initialized when one of the init scripts runs swapon which makes
a call to sys_swapon defined in mm/swapfile.c
dijital1
"Unix is simple and coherent, but it takes a genius (or a programmer at
any rate) to understand and appreciate it's simplicity" - Dennis Ritchie
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* swap memory
@ 2002-08-26 2:49 net reel
2002-08-25 22:17 ` Ron Henry
2002-08-26 3:22 ` Ron Henry
0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: net reel @ 2002-08-26 2:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Hi, I have a very newbie question but I couldnt get an answer in anywhere so please, could someone explain me how swap is initialized? Is it initalized when the kernel is decompressed or when the init scripts are called?
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* Re: swap memory
2002-08-26 2:49 swap memory net reel
2002-08-25 22:17 ` Ron Henry
@ 2002-08-26 3:22 ` Ron Henry
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Ron Henry @ 2002-08-26 3:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: net reel; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Sun, 2002-08-25 at 22:49, net reel wrote:
> Hi, I have a very newbie question but I couldnt get an answer in anywhere so please, could someone explain me how swap is initialized? Is it initalized when the kernel is decompressed or when the init scripts are called?
>
Swap is initialized when one of the init scripts runs swapon which makes
a call to sys_swapon defined in mm/swapfile.c
dijital1
"Unix is simple and coherent, but it takes a genius (or a programmer at
any rate) to understand and appreciate it's simplicity" - Dennis Ritchie
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