In message <20051108175658.GO3839 at smtp.west.cox.net> you wrote: > > > Well, at least it sounds ugly together, but it is also at least > > conceiveable. > > There seem to be people who use PCMCIA for an IDE interface, so swapping > > may > > become desireable in some cases. > > I think Dan might be in the camp that says a properly designed embedded > system won't need to swap. And when I hear about how people do try and > swap on systems like this, I really start agreeing. Maybe we could make > 8xx just select SWAP=n? :)
No! David is right. There are systems out in the field running with IDE harddisks attached (either through custom hardware interfaces or through standard PCMCIA adapters), and some of these actually need and use swap space. Please do not remove stuff that is needed and used to work (in 2.4). Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de "Virtual" means never knowing where your next byte is coming from.
