From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 2 04:43:50 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E8B237B401 for ; Sat, 2 Aug 2003 04:43:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.86.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D9CA43F93 for ; Sat, 2 Aug 2003 04:43:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phk@phk.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h72BhkbS010007; Sat, 2 Aug 2003 13:43:46 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from phk@phk.freebsd.dk) To: Wilko Bulte From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 02 Aug 2003 13:33:34 +0200." <20030802113334.GA96271@freebie.xs4all.nl> Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2003 13:43:46 +0200 Message-ID: <10006.1059824626@critter.freebsd.dk> cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG cc: Andy Farkas Subject: Re: headsup: swap_pager.c X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2003 11:43:50 -0000 In message <20030802113334.GA96271@freebie.xs4all.nl>, Wilko Bulte writes: >On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 07:57:52PM +1000, Andy Farkas wrote: >> Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >> >> > >Is RAM wasted if I have only one swap disk and set NSWAPDEV=1 ?? >> > >> > no. >> >> You're not making it easy for me to understand. >> >> If GENERIC has NSWAPDEV=1 then there is no problem, you dont have to fsck >> around with code that has been working for years, and everyone is happy. > >And you point is? There is constant fsck-ing around as you call it with >code that worked for years. If not, we would still be using V6 on PDP.. (I'm not quite sure why I have not seen Andys original email, but I'll reply to this one). Andy, I can suggest 200 more worthwhile ways you could contribute to FreeBSD rather than spend time telling me what to do or not do about code you clearly do not seem to understand yourself. In a situation like this, it would probably be a good idea to take a clue from the lack of people walking in your parade, and maybe use that to trigger an re-evaluation of your agitation. Setting NSWAPDEV=1 is not an option, because that means that administrators which find themselves in a pinch can not add another swap-space to ride off a storm. And yes, Wilko is spot on too. If you want stagnation, go run a commercial unix. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.