Messages in this thread |  | | | From | "Michael H. Warfield" <> | | Subject | Re: Memory Management - BSD vs Linux | | Date | Sun, 10 Aug 1997 11:41:49 -0400 (EDT) |
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> Hi,
> I am looking to compare the Memory management in BSD systems against > linux. I have been muddling thru the linux and freebsd/netbsd code > and have some notes and questions. I was wondering if some of you, > who have been staring at the code longer than I have would share your > knowledge with me.
> I'll jot down some of notes below. Please feel free to comment on > them (please CC me on your replies but keep the discussion on the > mailing list so that everybody can see the replies). Some of my > notes may indeed be wrong or outdated. Please don't flame me on > these. Just correct me instead!
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> [3] Can any of these systems have > a) swap files rather than partitions ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Linux absolutely can. > b) dynamically growing swap space? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you mean to dynamically grow the partition/file then no. If you mean to dynamically add additional files/partitions then yes.
> As far as I can make out, the answeris no!
The answers are definitely yes and it-depends.
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> -dj
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