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Requirement: swap = RAM x 2.5 ??

To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Requirement: swap = RAM x 2.5 ??
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 11:57:48 -0400
Cc: Christian Bornträger <linux-kernel@borntraeger.net>,Derek Glidden <dglidden@illusionary.com>
Organization: MandrakeSoft
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Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org

I'm sorry but this is a regression, plain and simple.

Previous versons of Linux have worked great on diskless workstations
with NO swap.

Swap is "extra space to be used if we have it" and nothing else.

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