From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
"Christian Bornträger" <linux-kernel@borntraeger.net>,
"Derek Glidden" <dglidden@illusionary.com>
Subject: Re: Requirement: swap = RAM x 2.5 ??
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 10:19:45 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200106061619.f56GJjw15740@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3B1E572B.1CEEF41B@mandrakesoft.com>
Jeff Garzik writes:
> 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.
Um, do you mean "2*RAM is required, always", or "2*RAM or more swap is
required if swap != 0"?
Regards,
Richard....
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2001-06-06 15:57 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-06-06 16:12 ` Richard Gooch
2001-06-06 16:15 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-06-06 16:19 ` Richard Gooch [this message]
2001-06-06 16:53 ` Mike Galbraith
2001-06-06 18:42 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-06-07 1:29 ` Jan Harkes
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