On 10/12/07, Romanowski, John (OFT) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, so the swap behavior is: look for allocated but reuse-able swap > blocks in the full higher/est priority swap partition before starting to > allocate from lower priority swap partition? swap allocation stays > within the higher priority (but purposely smaller) partitions as long as > it finds a free or a reusable block?
Indeed. That's the entire trick: force Linux to use all free space in the first swap device before using the next one. Note that this is exact opposite of what "them from the other platforms" use with multiple swap devices (to spread the load evenly over multiple slow devices). Rob -- Rob van der Heij Velocity Software, Inc http://velocitysoftware.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
