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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 09:27:20 +0200
From: Fabbione <fabbione@fabbione.net>
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To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
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Subject: Re: RFC: Remove swap file support
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HI Jeff,
	why you think people are still not using it????
I still do on most of my systems...

Fabbione

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
> Since you can make any file into a block device using loop,
> is there any value to supporting swap files in 2.5?
> 
> swap files seem like a special case that is no longer necessary...
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