Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 23 Feb 1997 13:15:38 -0800 (PST) | From | mdean <> | Subject | Re: swap space: an idea. Please comment. |
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The best way to solve the problem: I built a robot controlled by a pair of metricom radios, one connected to the robot and the other to my linux system -- when the linux system runs low on memory it goes down to the nearest computer store and uses my credit card to buy another pair of 32MB simms then proceeds back removes the cover from my linux machine inserts the new simms and reboots the system --- It solves the out of memory problems in more than one way (of course a special motherboard extension was required :)
On Sun, 23 Feb 1997 shendrix@escape.widomaker.com wrote:
> > 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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