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From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/vm vm_pageout.c
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=On 22-Jun-2001 Mikhail Teterin wrote:
=>  BTW, will  FreeBSD ever be able  to _stop_ paging onto  a particular
=>  devices?  IMHO, it  is quite  embarassing to  not have  this feature
=>  after other OSes have had it for years.

=Why? Ever needed to USE that particular feature?

Yes, on  a number of occasions.  Its un-orthogonal. I can  turn swapping
on, but  I can not  turn it off without  rebooting. Yackk. See  also the
BUGS sections of swapon(8).

	-mi

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