From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264327AbTDXAlu (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:41:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264337AbTDXAlu (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:41:50 -0400 Received: from nessie.weebeastie.net ([61.8.7.205]:3460 "EHLO nessie.weebeastie.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264327AbTDXAlt (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:41:49 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 10:54:36 +1000 From: CaT To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Fix SWSUSP & !SWAP Message-ID: <20030424005436.GF678@zip.com.au> References: <1051136725.4439.5.camel@laptop-linux> <1584040000.1051140524@flay> <20030423235820.GB32577@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <20030423170759.2b4e6294.akpm@digeo.com> <20030424001733.GB678@zip.com.au> <1051143408.4305.15.camel@laptop-linux> <20030423172628.0f71ab64.rddunlap@osdl.org> <20030423173837.08202f0b.akpm@digeo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030423173837.08202f0b.akpm@digeo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Organisation: Furball Inc. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 05:38:37PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > "Randy.Dunlap" wrote: > > > > That may be simple for you, but for lots of users, adding a partition > > (to a ususally full disk drive) isn't simple. It means backups, > > shrink a filesystem, shrink a partition, add a partition, and run > > mkswap on it. Yes, the latter 2 are simple, but the former ones > > are not. > > Yeah. swsusp is pretty much the only reason why you would want to have a > swap partition at all in a 2.5/2.6 kernel. Is there really no difference any longer in terms of speed? -- Martin's distress was in contrast to the bitter satisfaction of some of his fellow marines as they surveyed the scene. "The Iraqis are sick people and we are the chemotherapy," said Corporal Ryan Dupre. "I am starting to hate this country. Wait till I get hold of a friggin' Iraqi. No, I won't get hold of one. I'll just kill him." - http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2479.htm