Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 14:13:49 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> Cc: Vladimir Dozen <vladimir-dozen@mail.ru>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VM: dynamic swap remapping (patch) Message-ID: <20010929141349.A80876@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20010929071024.Q59854@elvis.mu.org>; from bright@mu.org on Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 07:10:24AM -0500 References: <20010929155941.A291@eix.do-labs.spb.ru> <20010929071024.Q59854@elvis.mu.org>
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On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 07:10:24AM -0500, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Vladimir Dozen <vladimir-dozen@mail.ru> [010929 06:57] wrote: > > ehlo. > > > > (Sorry for long pre-history, I believe it is necessary.) > [snip] > > Comments? > > Wow! This is really awesome work you've done, perhaps you can put > the patch up on a URL someplace? If not mail it to me in private > and I can put it up for people to see. One thing though, I think > that this behaviour should be toggled via a sysctl, but I think I > can manage doing that for you. > > One other question, why not just set an option to make FreeBSD not > overcommit? I've always wanted the ability to turn off overcommit > for exactly the same reasons you do. FWIW: Tru64 has had this capability since day one. You can select swap-overcommit mode by removing a symlink (/sbin/swapdefault -> /dev/foob) were /dev/foob is the primary swap partition. W/ -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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