>>>>> "Russell" == Russell King <- ARM Linux Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> writes:
Russell> Philip Blundell writes:
>> If you haven't done `swapon' then no swapping will actually happen
>> (though kswapd will still exist). A kernel panic inside kswapd is
>> indicative of some deeper problem; if you post the details maybe
>> someone can work out what's going on.
Russell> Not quite true - it depends on whether you define "swapping"
Russell> to mean "removing pages from memory and placing then in a
Russell> file" or if you mean just "removing unused pages from
Russell> memory". The latter would be a better definition of
Russell> kswapd's job, which it is able to perform without any swap
Russell> file or swap partition.
Interesting... I didn't realize that. The first definition you
mentioned is certainly the standard one, going back 30-40 years...
paul
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