Jeremy Nickurak wrote: > On ven, 2005-07-08 at 03:22 +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > > No, it is creating files by appending just like any other file write. One > > could think about a call to create unfragmented files however since this is > > not always working best is to create those files young or defragment them > > before usage. > > Except that this defeats one of the biggest advantages a swap file has > over a swap partition: the ability to easilly reconfigure the amount of > hd space reserved for swap.
Of course, now this begs the question: Is it possible to create a large file w/o actually writing that much to the device (ie uninitialized). There's absolutely no reason that a swap file needs to be fully initialized, only part which mkswap does. Of course, I would expect that ONLY root beable to do this. (or capsysadmin or whatever the caps are) -- Lab tests show that use of micro$oft causes cancer in lab animals - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
