[ILUG] kernel upgrade and swap

[Paul Jakma]

On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Niall O Broin wrote:

> Yes, this is bucking fizarre. Here I've been busily telling people for
> years, on both Solaris and Linux lists, that
>
> swap_needed = virtual_memory_needed - RAM_present

it's now:

virtual_mem = max of swap || RAM

so now in most cases:

swap_needed = virtual_memory_needed

(until rik van riel implements swap reclamation, and we'll go back
to the ways of old)

> Niall

regards,
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