# Re: fix swapping on 8xx?

- From: Tom Rini \<hidden\>
- Date: 2005-11-08 21:02:05 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2005/11/9402337
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2005/11/9402335/t.md

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On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 09:52:59PM +0100, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> In message [ref] 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).

Note the bug in question exists in 2.4, and I think really even 2.2.

-- 
Tom Rini
http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/
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