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Date:      08 Oct 2002 15:01:16 +0400
From:      "Vladimir B. " Grebenschikov <vova@sw.ru>
To:        Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   using mem above 4Gb was: swapon some regular file
Message-ID:  <1034074876.917.23.camel@vbook.express.ru>
In-Reply-To: <200210071630.42512.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com>
References:  <200210071630.42512.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com>

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=F7 Tue, 08.10.2002, =D7 00:30, Mikhail Teterin =CE=C1=D0=C9=D3=C1=CC:

> Users wishing to swap onto a local regular file have to go through the
> vnconfig/mdconfig gimnastics. Is that intentional?

Yes.
May be we need add new type to md device, like "highmem", to access
memory above 4G as memory disk, and as consequence use it as swap-device
or as fast /tmp/ partition or whatever ?

In this case we will be able to use more than 3Gb of RAM.
=20
> Thanks!
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Vladimir B. Grebenschikov
vova@sw.ru, SWsoft, Inc.

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