Re: Linux compat and swap

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost writes:

> The question: is this the compatibility layer that uses the swap
> partition instead of the RAM for its allocation or is this the program
> itself that uses it (and there is enough RAM on the node for
> accommodating it even if I do not understand why it should need a
> huge amount).

This strikes me as a strange theory.  Programs use memory, and the
system pages to swap (which is paging backing store, really).   I am
unaware of this being different for emulation.

You should run "ps alx", "pstat -s" and "systat vmstat" while running to
see what's going on.