From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
To: Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
"Christian Bornträger" <linux-kernel@borntraeger.net>,
"Derek Glidden" <dglidden@illusionary.com>
Subject: Re: Requirement: swap = RAM x 2.5 ??
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 12:15:39 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B1E572B.1CEEF41B@mandrakesoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3B1D5ADE.7FA50CD0@illusionary.com> <991815578.30689.1.camel@nomade> <20010606095431.C15199@dev.sportingbet.com> <0106061316300A.00553@starship> <200106061528.f56FSKa14465@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> <000701c0ee9f$515fd6a0$3303a8c0@einstein> <3B1E52FC.C17C921F@mandrakesoft.com> <200106061612.f56GCbA14901@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca>
Richard Gooch wrote:
>
> Jeff Garzik writes:
> >
> > I'm sorry but this is a regression, plain and simple.
> >
> > Previous versons of Linux have worked great on diskless workstations
> > with NO swap.
> >
> > Swap is "extra space to be used if we have it" and nothing else.
>
> Sure. But Linux still works without swap. It's just that if you *do*
> have swap, it works best with 2* RAM.
Yes, but that's not the point of the discussion. Currently 2*RAM is
more of a requirement than a recommendation.
--
Jeff Garzik | Andre the Giant has a posse.
Building 1024 |
MandrakeSoft |
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-06-06 16:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 106+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-06-05 22:19 Break 2.4 VM in five easy steps Derek Glidden
2001-06-05 23:38 ` Jeffrey W. Baker
2001-06-06 1:42 ` Russell Leighton
2001-06-06 7:14 ` Sean Hunter
2001-06-06 7:47 ` Jonathan Morton
2001-06-06 2:16 ` Andrew Morton
2001-06-06 3:19 ` Derek Glidden
2001-06-06 8:19 ` Xavier Bestel
2001-06-06 8:54 ` Sean Hunter
2001-06-06 9:16 ` Xavier Bestel
2001-06-06 9:25 ` Sean Hunter
2001-06-06 10:04 ` Jonathan Morton
2001-06-06 9:57 ` Dr S.M. Huen
2001-06-06 10:06 ` DBs (ML)
2001-06-06 10:08 ` Vivek Dasmohapatra
2001-06-06 10:19 ` Lauri Tischler
2001-06-06 10:22 ` Sean Hunter
2001-06-06 10:48 ` Alexander Viro
2001-06-06 16:58 ` dean gaudet
2001-06-06 17:10 ` Remi Turk
2001-06-06 22:44 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-06-09 7:17 ` Rik van Riel
2001-06-06 16:47 ` dean gaudet
2001-06-06 17:17 ` Kurt Roeckx
2001-06-06 18:35 ` Dr S.M. Huen
2001-06-06 18:40 ` Mark Salisbury
2001-06-06 19:11 ` android
2001-06-07 0:27 ` Mike A. Harris
2001-06-07 0:20 ` Mike A. Harris
2001-06-09 8:16 ` Rik van Riel
2001-06-09 8:57 ` Mike A. Harris
2001-06-07 21:31 ` Shane Nay
2001-06-07 20:00 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-06-07 21:55 ` Shane Nay
2001-06-07 20:29 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-06-07 23:29 ` VM Report was:Re: " Shane Nay
2001-06-08 1:18 ` Jonathan Morton
2001-06-08 12:50 ` Mike Galbraith
2001-06-08 14:19 ` Tobias Ringstrom
2001-06-08 15:51 ` John Stoffel
2001-06-08 17:01 ` Mike Galbraith
2001-06-08 17:43 ` John Stoffel
2001-06-08 17:35 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-06-08 20:58 ` John Stoffel
2001-06-08 20:04 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-06-08 23:44 ` Jonathan Morton
2001-06-09 2:36 ` Andrew Morton
2001-06-09 6:33 ` Mark Hahn
2001-06-09 3:43 ` Mike Galbraith
2001-06-09 4:05 ` Jonathan Morton
2001-06-09 5:09 ` Mike Galbraith
2001-06-09 5:07 ` Mike Galbraith
2001-06-08 18:30 ` Mike Galbraith
2001-06-09 12:31 ` Zlatko Calusic
2001-06-09 3:34 ` Rik van Riel
2001-06-08 16:51 ` Mike Galbraith
2001-06-08 19:09 ` Tobias Ringstrom
2001-06-09 4:36 ` Mike Galbraith
2001-06-06 11:16 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-06-06 15:28 ` Richard Gooch
2001-06-06 15:42 ` Christian Bornträger
2001-06-06 15:57 ` Requirement: swap = RAM x 2.5 ?? Jeff Garzik
2001-06-06 16:12 ` Richard Gooch
2001-06-06 16:15 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2001-06-06 16:19 ` Richard Gooch
2001-06-06 16:53 ` Mike Galbraith
2001-06-06 17:05 ` Greg Hennessy
2001-06-06 18:42 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-06-07 1:29 ` Jan Harkes
2001-06-06 17:14 ` Break 2.4 VM in five easy steps Ben Greear
2001-06-06 12:07 ` Jonathan Morton
2001-06-06 13:58 ` Gerhard Mack
2001-06-08 4:56 ` C. Martins
2001-06-06 14:41 ` Derek Glidden
2001-06-06 20:29 ` José Luis Domingo López
2001-06-06 14:16 ` Disconnect
[not found] ` <3B1DEAC7.43DEFA1C@idb.hist.no>
2001-06-06 14:51 ` Derek Glidden
2001-06-06 21:34 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-09 8:07 ` Rik van Riel
2001-06-07 7:23 ` Helge Hafting
2001-06-07 16:56 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-06-07 20:24 ` José Luis Domingo López
2001-06-06 4:03 ` Jeffrey W. Baker
2001-06-06 13:32 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-06-06 14:41 ` Marc Heckmann
2001-06-06 14:51 ` Hugh Dickins
2001-06-06 13:08 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-06-06 16:48 ` Jeffrey W. Baker
[not found] ` <m2lmn61ceb.fsf@sympatico.ca>
2001-06-06 14:37 ` Derek Glidden
2001-06-07 0:34 ` Mike A. Harris
2001-06-07 3:13 ` Miles Lane
2001-06-07 15:49 ` Derek Glidden
2001-06-07 19:06 ` Miles Lane
2001-06-09 5:57 ` Mike A. Harris
2001-06-06 18:59 ` Mike Galbraith
2001-06-06 19:39 ` Derek Glidden
2001-06-06 20:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-06-07 7:42 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-06-07 8:11 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-06-07 8:54 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-06-06 21:39 ` android
2001-06-06 22:08 ` Jonathan Morton
2001-06-06 22:27 ` android
2001-06-06 22:33 ` Antoine
2001-06-06 22:38 ` Robert Love
2001-06-06 22:40 ` Jonathan Morton
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