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SubjectRe: swap space: an idea. Please comment.
DateSun, 23 Feb 1997 13:19:35 -0500
From shendrix@escape ...
In message <Pine.LNX.3.95q.970223132425.792A-100000@azuth.vol.it>, Riccardo Fac
chetti writes:
> Now the idea.
> Why not have an (I called) "adaptive" or if you prefer (I don't :) 
> "dynamic" swap file, managed in kernel space, that can grow and shrink
> when memory is needed and/or released by someone ?

[ snip ]

You just described the swapping used by OS/2 and NeXTSTEP.  No doubt
others use the same technique.

It is slower than a fixed swap partition on a raw device.  Some people still
prefer it.

It will not solve the ``problem'' with overcommit.


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