Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 19:41:25 +0200 From: Rostislav Krasny <rosti.bsd@gmail.com> To: Hiroki Sato <hrs@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using a swap file Message-ID: <CANt7McEZWGwoy%2BrheckxetMuH0ziFELVB8vM4gCdyrMqKOn3Ew@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20131031.120503.256562970308311893.hrs@allbsd.org> References: <CANt7McF3otwZvy3hUh%2BY1bm_A3vLhJcKThdZy4=u6EPNXfEByA@mail.gmail.com> <CANt7McEHeY0ByUtRN1Mbm7xpxzta9xKfMyHP1mwptQbCKBK_Rw@mail.gmail.com> <CANt7McGTBwintkopk=hEvo5D4BvsyiFwL_-q9uzna3PwBmm1Rg@mail.gmail.com> <20131031.120503.256562970308311893.hrs@allbsd.org>
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On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 5:05 AM, Hiroki Sato <hrs@freebsd.org> wrote: > Rostislav Krasny <rosti.bsd@gmail.com> wrote > in <CANt7McGTBwintkopk=hEvo5D4BvsyiFwL_-q9uzna3PwBmm1Rg@mail.gmail.com>: > > ro> But I have no 'late' option in my /etc/fstab: > ro> > ro> root@saturn:~ # cat /etc/fstab > ro> # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# > ro> /dev/ada0s2a / ufs rw 1 1 > ro> md none swap sw,file=/swapfile 0 0 > ro> > ro> Then why 'swapon -a' (without -L) doesn't work? It's either buggy or confusing. > > After r255265 the option file= implies late. It is because a > file-backed swap space likely to be on a mounted filesystem after the > "swap" line. > > I realized that that assumption was odd and confusing as you pointed > out. The user should specify a swap line with file= after the mount > entry, and there is no problem with it. I will fix it. Hope to see the fix in the upcoming 10.0 release and in the Handbook. Thank you.
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