Re: Alive?

Damian Gerow <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.ports.game-cube.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Thus spake Shaun Jackman ([email protected]) [05/11/05 13:25]:
: 2005/11/4, Damian Gerow <[email protected]>:
: > Thus spake Shaun Jackman ([email protected]) [04/11/05 09:58]:
: > : > Hrm..  I've never heard of that.  I'll give it a shot, though I doubt it
: > : > will help me out much.
: > :
: > : Well, it will prevent the out-of-memory killer from slaying your
: > : processes. Whether the performance is sufficient for your needs is
: > : another matter, but I suspect you'll be pleased.
: >
: > Uh...  How will setting the priority on my only swap device change anything
: > from the current configuration?  I'm already using it as swap; I don't
: > understand how setting its priority will help me out.  If I'm out of memory,
: > I'm out of memory.
: 
: Reread my reply; it was in reference to using a NBD swap device, not
: setting the swap priority.

I did.

I said I'd never heard of setting a swap priority.  You said it will prevent
the out of memory killer.  Hence my confusion.

I'll try the NBD, as that will likely help me out.


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