Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 12:07:42 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: "Vladimir B. " Grebenschikov <vova@sw.ru> Cc: Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: using mem above 4Gb was: swapon some regular file Message-ID: <200210111907.g9BJ7grW002634@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Message from "Vladimir B. " Grebenschikov <vova@sw.ru> of "08 Oct 2002 15:01:16 %2B0400." <1034074876.917.23.camel@vbook.express.ru>
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In message <1034074876.917.23.camel@vbook.express.ru>, "Vladimir B. "
Grebensch
ikov writes:
> χ Tue, 08.10.2002, Χ 00:30, Mikhail Teterin ΞΑΠΙΣΑΜ:
>
> > 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.
This is reminiscent of S390 ESTOR.
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