From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 22 15:42:35 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 381871065672 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:42:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mozolevsky@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.157]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD37E8FC12 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:42:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mozolevsky@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so2667596fgb.35 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:42:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=x1ZUTz/Rwwz4eq9/B5RpvfJZCT7gKNvuNNXXQ5PRf4A=; b=sDkut1h9tKh0fiK+30yVziqUrBH11AZIX1x7YlcgP+bEz/+y0G1b11Z/1uT89C+KZb 5COIXoBZeUxyg1r5NGDwsKBSxjt/D6OKf7fD5Hsn7TWEdFtAW7FarWOLiedOww976rGw IFSD6E3Nrx7cRfQbVFznlJiWFDvczVYjwks5E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=IvO9+b9UEA5FD++Q+8AA8XXSRqk4cgW2Cb5KqhH1xFeZ6AiYa22Fdgg2R6jUZ7RqkC 8Uag2KgAUHqa9HQserl45GPhID0NW6fOIe4Bcbly/whEwOa4GiayxDPobrdEhVbbAxLe DjMYf8yr6U/UbubzpdltQ/o84ZvDnjfgO5mdI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: mozolevsky@gmail.com Received: by 10.223.112.83 with SMTP id v19mr770101fap.66.1232638953742; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:42:33 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <49788F1B.7000600@fsn.hu> References: <4978853A.2000107@fsn.hu> <49788F1B.7000600@fsn.hu> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:42:33 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 4c443c33d8a1a589 Message-ID: From: Igor Mozolevsky To: Attila Nagy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creating swap based ramdisks from rc.initdiskless by default X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:42:35 -0000 2009/1/22 Attila Nagy : > Igor Mozolevsky wrote: >> >> 2009/1/22 Attila Nagy : >> >> [snip] >> >> >>> >>> So the question is: what is the rationale behind creating malloc backed >>> disks by default, instead of swap-backed ones? >>> >> >> Yes --- booting from DoC/CDROM/PXE with no HDD on the node... >> > > Did you read my e-mail? Yes, but why would you have swap enabled in the kernel on a system that cannot possibly swap? Cheers, Igor :-)