Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 14:58:41 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com>, arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: swapon some regular file Message-ID: <20021007215841.371562A88D@canning.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <3DA2028E.87632EE1@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote: > Mikhail Teterin wrote: > > 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? > > Yes. You have to understand that the code that does the swapping > for NFS is different than the code that does it for devices. Local > swap to files is via the device pager. Nope. swap_pager, not device_pager. device_pager is the glue for mmaping character devices. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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