From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 18 02:35:29 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1D4016A41F for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 02:35:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from millueradfa@yahoo.com) Received: from web54505.mail.yahoo.com (web54505.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.49.155]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1A67243D49 for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 02:35:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from millueradfa@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 28455 invoked by uid 60001); 18 Oct 2005 02:35:28 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=YVO2JdEnPADV05CnMZiCMQlzfj/+e1jwOOOnZpRdmNW7igN6IEmR6QyWb6K8+rMsVaQcWI/rifiKAS0nNyMKuJcCCI1NgZqSOtM25Vn2jxQzqKhzvd5vT+r0PhSg4ZPt+9rWuwuMOBGv9dXj2P6Blv0Bn0PN/OumOsIHIpZsWkw= ; Message-ID: <20051018023528.28453.qmail@web54505.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [193.201.54.32] by web54505.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:35:27 PDT Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:35:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Alistar Erlas To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: User configurable swap files X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 02:35:29 -0000 Hello, I have a feature idea that might be interesting and I think would be very useful. I think it would be an excellent feature to be able, in addition to using a swap partition, also be able to create files in a filesystem that can be used for additional VM space, especially which can be created while the kernel is running and a maximum size that can also be configured during run time. I have run into the problem of where the system has run out of VM space on the system, but I would rather not have to repartition. This would add a lot of flexibility as well by allowing the swap space used on the disk to be variable, only the amount of space needed could be used rather than a fix sized partition. It is important to allow users to define as many swap files as they wish. Users could for instance define swap files on filesystems on flash memory sticks that you plugin to USB ports. Instant memory upgrade. Or they could set them up on remote filesystems. many possibilities. Thank you, for your attention it is greatly appreciated. You attention to this letter is greatly appreciated. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com