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>
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> > 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.
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