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Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 11:11:57 -0300 (BRT)
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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To: Ville Herva <vherva@niksula.hut.fi>
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Subject: Re: About the need of a swap area
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On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Ville Herva wrote:

> If you have swap, it makes sense to use it. What doesn't make
> sense is to waste time waiting for paging to happen.

Unless of course you're running on battery power...

Rik
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