From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Subject: Re: Is Linux kernel 2.2.x Pageable? References: <38EDDB4D.F2C210B1@irisa.fr> From: ebiederm+eric@ccr.net (Eric W. Biederman) Date: 07 Apr 2000 09:48:07 -0500 In-Reply-To: Renaud Lottiaux's message of "Fri, 07 Apr 2000 14:57:49 +0200" Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Renaud Lottiaux Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: Renaud Lottiaux writes: > Rik van Riel wrote: > > > > On Tue, 4 Apr 2000 pnilesh@in.ibm.com wrote: > > > > > Is Linux kernel 2.2.x pageable ? > > > > > > Is Linux kernel 2.3.x pageable ? > > > > no > > May you be a bit more specific about this ? > Can not any part of the kernel be swapped ? Even Modules ? > Why ? Just an implementation problem or a deeper reason ? Modules can be removed. Pageable kernels are stupid, slow, & dangerous. If you need a pageable kernel you have other problems. Eric -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/