On Thu, 22.01.2009 at 15:42:33 +0000, Igor Mozolevsky wrote: > 2009/1/22 Attila Nagy <bra_at_fsn.hu>: > > Igor Mozolevsky wrote: > >> 2009/1/22 Attila Nagy <bra_at_fsn.hu>: > >>> So the question is: what is the rationale behind creating malloc backed > >>> disks by default, instead of swap-backed ones? > >> > >> Yes --- booting from DoC/CDROM/PXE with no HDD on the node... > > > > Did you read my e-mail? > > Yes, but why would you have swap enabled in the kernel on a system > that cannot possibly swap? That's not the point. AFAIK there's a kernel memory pool difference between malloc(9) and swap-backed memory. You usually want to use the latter, irregardless of an actual swap device, as the former is a scarce ressource and shouldn't be used for RAM disks. Cheers, Ulrich Spörlein -- None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free -- Johann Wolfgang von GoetheReceived on Thu Jan 22 2009 - 16:46:37 UTC
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Wed May 19 2021 - 11:39:40 UTC