RE: Fix SWSUSP & !SWAP
Grover, Andrew (andrew.grover@intel.com)
Wed, 23 Apr 2003 16:47:52 -0700
> From: Martin J. Bligh [mailto:mbligh@aracnet.com]
> Can't you just create a pre-reserved separate swsusp area on
> disk the size
> of RAM (maybe a partition rather than a file to make things
> easier), and
> then you know you're safe (basically what Marc was
> suggesting, except pre-allocated)? Or does that make me the
> prince of all evil? ;-)
>
> However much swap space you allocate, it can always all be
> used, so that seems futile ...
This is what Other OSes do, and I believe this is the correct path.
Using swap for swsusp is a clever hack but not a 100% solution.
-- Andy
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