Hugo Mills <hugo@???> wrote:
> I believe that there were (that's *were*) good
> technical reasons for the 2*RAM recommendation,
> back when it was first made, related to the
> performance of the algorithms used to manage
> swap space. Those algorithms are long gone, and
> the recommendation no longer applies.
LKML reference...
Question:
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0103.1/0878.html
Answer:
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0103.1/0898.html
That's for the beginning of the 2.4 series.
I'm sure that, in the past, I've found a post by
Alan Cox detailing when the practice was no longer
necessary, but I can't find it tonight. The
HantsLUG archives may have it as it's something
we've discussed before, many years ago.
Nick.
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Nick Chalk ................. once a Radio Designer
Confidence is failing to understand the problem.
