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From: j@narcisa.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Suggestion for 3.0 :-)
Date: 14 Jun 1995 11:50:52 +0200
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Junichi Kurokawa <jun@fox.fax.iwa.fujixerox.co.jp> wrote:
>Plain-file swap as opposed to a dedicated swap pttn will be even better.
You can use `vn' devices for it. (I've just posted a small description
about my `vn' experiences here.)
># any possibility for performance drawback?
All possibilities. It's with 101% certainty slower, since it has to
go its way through some file system.
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)