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Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:22:47 -0500 From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com> To: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl> CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, trond.myklebust@....uio.no Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/29] Swap over NFS -v15 Peter Zijlstra wrote: > Hi, > > Another posting of the full swap over NFS series. > > Andrew/Linus, could we start thinking of sticking this in -mm? > Two questions: 1 - what is the memory use impact on the system which don't do swap over NFS, such as embedded systems, and 2 - what is the advantage of this code over the two existing network swap approaches, swapping to NFS mounted file and swap to NBD device? I've used the NFS file when a program was running out of memory and that seemed to work, people in UNYUUG have reported that the nbd swap works, so what's better here? -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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