On 2 Nov 2002, Nishant Sharma wrote: > pages only under memory pressure. If the mem > consumption is less than the onboard ram then i suppose > no swapping should take place. Am i right here ??? Yes. > What will be the scenario like if i dont specify a swap > device at all ? The system will reclaim file-backed cache memory. > The processes to be run on the card can consume a > maximum of 100 Mb and will under most scenarios not be > killed or new processes launched .. In that case you might still want to reclaim some file cache. regards, Rik -- Bravely reimplemented by the knights who say "NIH". http://www.surriel.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com/ Current spamtrap: <a href=mailto:"october@surriel.com";>october@surriel.com</a> -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
