RFC: Remove swap file support

From: Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Date: Sat Jul 07 2001 - 10:34:30 EST

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Since you can make any file into a block device using loop,
is there any value to supporting swap files in 2.5?

swap files seem like a special case that is no longer necessary...

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