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Date:      Mon, 7 Oct 2002 16:30:42 -0400
From:      Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com>
To:        arch@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   swapon some regular file
Message-ID:  <200210071630.42512.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com>

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Currently, swapon(2) will only succeed if the argument vn_isdisk(9), or
if it is an NFS-accessed file.

Users wishing to swap onto a local regular file have to go through the
vnconfig/mdconfig gimnastics. Is that intentional?

If not, should it be fixed by relaxing the swapon(2)'s to not require
the VFCF_NETWORK for regular files, or -- cosmeticly -- by modifying the
swapon(8) to do the vnconfig/mdconfig-ing inside?

In both cases, pstat will, probably, need improving to display the
regular file name in the -s case.

Thanks!

	-mi


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