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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Swap vs No Swap.
Date: 21 Nov 2001 21:24:36 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9ti26k$331$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3BFC5A9B.915B77DF@starband.net>

Followup to:  <3BFC5A9B.915B77DF@starband.net>
By author:    war <war@starband.net>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> I do not understand something.
> 
> How can having swap speed ANYTHING up?
> 

By allowing RAM to be better utilized.

	-hpa
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"Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot."
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-11-22  5:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-11-22  1:53 Swap vs No Swap war
2001-11-22  2:23 ` Joel Jaeggli
2001-11-22  2:31   ` war
2001-11-22  2:58 ` Mark Hahn
2001-11-22  4:09 ` listmail
2001-11-22  5:24 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2001-11-22  5:30   ` war
2001-11-22  5:32     ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-11-22  9:50       ` Christian Bornträger
2001-11-22  8:50 ` Rik van Riel
2001-11-22 11:00 ` James A Sutherland
2001-11-22 16:00   ` war
2001-11-22 16:08     ` James A Sutherland
2001-11-22 16:57       ` Rik van Riel
2001-11-22 18:56         ` François Cami
2001-11-22 18:58           ` James A Sutherland
2001-11-22 19:17             ` François Cami
2001-11-22 19:36               ` G . Sumner Hayes
2001-11-22 20:37                 ` James A Sutherland
2001-11-23  6:30       ` Charles Marslett
2001-11-23  9:13         ` James A Sutherland
2001-11-23 16:46           ` Charles Marslett
2001-11-22 16:25   ` war
2001-11-22 16:37     ` Ryan Cumming
2001-11-22 17:39     ` James A Sutherland
2001-11-22 17:56       ` war
     [not found] ` <01112211150302.00690@argo>
2001-11-22 16:01   ` war
2001-11-22 16:12     ` James A Sutherland
2001-11-22 16:36       ` war
2001-11-22 16:33         ` Bjorn Wesen
2001-11-22 17:37         ` Thomas S. Iversen
2001-11-22 21:18           ` Mike Galbraith
2001-11-22 17:41         ` James A Sutherland
2001-11-22 17:56           ` war
2001-11-22 18:08             ` James A Sutherland
2001-11-23 22:05       ` Daniel Gryniewicz
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-11-22 16:11 Elgar, Jeremy
2001-11-22 16:22 ` Ryan Cumming
2001-11-22 16:22 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2001-11-22 16:29 Elgar, Jeremy
     [not found] <Pine.LNX.4.10.10111221006010.29736-100000@coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca>
2001-11-22 16:34 ` war
2001-11-26 20:18   ` Kent Borg

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