Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Tue, 06 Feb 1996 16:21:56 +0100
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com>
To:        jlrobins@zappa.cs.uncc.edu (James Robinson)
Cc:        Duncan.Barclay@pa-consulting.com (Duncan Barclay), freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Swap adding daemon 
Message-ID:  <1431.823620116@critter.tfs.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 06 Feb 1996 10:40:27 EST." <9602061540.AA13100@zappa.cs.uncc.edu> 

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> > I am going to write a daemon to keep an eye on the ammount of swap used
> > and add extra to the system using the vn driver. if a threshold is crossed.
> > I ensivige this to be useful to people with home machines which are reboote
d
> > most days and dont always need loads of swap space. The swap files
> > created would be deleted on the next reboot by rc or as part of the daemon
> > configuration.

Be sure to make sufficient slots for swap-devs in the kernel.
The default is 4.

> Good idea! And if the ability comes to unswap from a device, then it could
> do that too! Sortof of an amd for swap.

Don't hold your breath for this.

--
Poul-Henning Kamp           | phk@FreeBSD.ORG       FreeBSD Core-team.
http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk    Private mailbox.
whois: [PHK]                | phk@ref.tfs.com       TRW Financial Systems, Inc.
Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?1431.823620116>