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 DD4F737B404 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 D3FFF43FCB 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 h75DKGUp012542 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 h75DKGju012541; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 06:20:16 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 06:20:16 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200308051320.h75DKGju012541@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 4FEAC37B404 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 E217B43F3F 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]) h75DFKTE006014 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 15:15:20 +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 h75AiNb0002560; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 12:44:23 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200308051044.h75AiNb0002560@gog.student.utwente.nl> Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 12:44:23 +0200 (CEST) From: Roderick van Domburg To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: docs/55277: [patch] Update tuning man page to reflect recent swap changes by phk X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Roderick van Domburg List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 13:20:20 -0000 >Number: 55277 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [patch] Update tuning man page to reflect recent swap changes by phk >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 06:20:16 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: The tuning man page should reflect the fact that there no longer is an upper limit to the number of swap devices. (A previously submitted bug report appears to have been lost somewhere along the way.) >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: --- /usr/src/share/man/man7/tuning.7.old Tue Aug 5 12:42:56 2003 +++ /usr/src/share/man/man7/tuning.7 Tue Aug 5 12:43:01 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: