Re: kswapd

J.J. Burgess (92jjb@eng.cam.ac.uk)
Sat, 9 Mar 1996 02:31:20 +0000 (GMT)


On Thu, 7 Mar 1996, Paul Matthews wrote:

> Jurgen Botz writes:
> > In article <Pine.LNX.3.91.960228202031.317A-100000@hobbes.cc.ukans.edu>,
> > <d-seaman@ukans.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > >Had any attempt in the kswapd been made to optimize the swap memory over
> > >multiple devices? For instance, I just added another 32MB of swap space
> > >on a 3rd HD. Does kswapd use this efficiently and split the page requests
> > >or does it just use the second swap area when the first one fills up?
> >
> > Yes, if you also use the latest 'swapon' from the latest utils-linux.
>
> Jurgen,
>
> Just curious ... What IS the "latest utils-linux"?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul Matthews
>
>
util-linux-2.5
Announced on c.o.l.announce - I think.

Thanks.

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