From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262689AbVGHPgD (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jul 2005 11:36:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262690AbVGHPgD (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jul 2005 11:36:03 -0400 Received: from outbound04.telus.net ([199.185.220.223]:51334 "EHLO priv-edtnes28.telusplanet.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262689AbVGHPgB (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jul 2005 11:36:01 -0400 Subject: Re: Swap partition vs swap file From: Jeremy Nickurak To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-Bi+gngFDTZjLX1zelqRB" Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 09:35:58 -0600 Message-Id: <1120836958.16935.1.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.2 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-Bi+gngFDTZjLX1zelqRB Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On ven, 2005-07-08 at 03:22 +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > No, it is creating files by appending just like any other file write. One > could think about a call to create unfragmented files however since this = is > not always working best is to create those files young or defragment them > before usage. Except that this defeats one of the biggest advantages a swap file has over a swap partition: the ability to easilly reconfigure the amount of hd space reserved for swap. --=20 Jeremy Nickurak --=-Bi+gngFDTZjLX1zelqRB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCzp1etjFmtbiy5uYRAotJAJ9djkn/qgiLuN4+oWM8qRRsSisBVACdEKv9 KhO46zO3o0He7md+Jgk5/Xo= =qgWv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Bi+gngFDTZjLX1zelqRB--