From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 5 06:20:19 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9351537B401 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 06:20:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80DCE43FBD for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 06:20:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h75DKGUp012528 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 06:20:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h75DKGov012527; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 06:20:16 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 06:20:16 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200308051320.h75DKGov012527@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Roderick van Domburg Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 430E537B401 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 06:15:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gog.student.utwente.nl (gog.student.utwente.nl [130.89.165.107]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E233743F93 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 06:15:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roderick@gog.student.utwente.nl) Received: from gog.student.utwente.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h75DFKTO006014 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 15:15:21 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from roderick@gog.student.utwente.nl) Received: (from roderick@localhost) by gog.student.utwente.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h74M783e060567; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 00:07:08 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200308042207.h74M783e060567@gog.student.utwente.nl> Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 00:07:08 +0200 (CEST) From: Roderick van Domburg To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: docs/55276: [patch] Update tuning.7 to reflect phk's swap changes X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 13:20:19 -0000 >Number: 55276 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [patch] Update tuning.7 to reflect phk's swap changes >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Aug 05 06:20:15 PDT 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Roderick van Domburg >Release: FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT i386 >Organization: University of Twente >Environment: System: FreeBSD gog 5.1-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT #0: Mon Aug 4 15:35:46 CEST 2003 roderick@gog:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GOG i386 >Description: Now that there no longer is a limit to the number of swap devices, the tuning man page should be updated accordingly. >How-To-Repeat: N/A >Fix: --- share/man/man7/tuning.7.old Wed May 21 17:49:01 2003 +++ share/man/man7/tuning.7 Tue Aug 5 00:02:15 2003 @@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ later on if you add more memory to your machine. Finally, on larger systems with multiple SCSI disks (or multiple IDE disks operating on different -controllers), we strongly recommend that you configure swap on each drive -(up to four drives). +controllers), we strongly recommend that you configure swap on each drive. The swap partitions on the drives should be approximately the same size. The kernel can handle arbitrary sizes but internal data structures scale to 4 times the largest swap partition. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: