From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 12:16:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 12:15:58 -0400 Received: from panic.ohr.gatech.edu ([130.207.47.194]:34970 "HELO havoc.gtf.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 12:15:43 -0400 Message-ID: <3B1E572B.1CEEF41B@mandrakesoft.com> Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 12:15:39 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik Organization: MandrakeSoft X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.6-pre1 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Richard Gooch Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, "Christian =?iso-8859-1?Q?Borntr=E4ger?=" , Derek Glidden Subject: Re: Requirement: swap = RAM x 2.5 ?? 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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 |