More than one swap device ?

[Chris Torek]

In article <1991Mar22.125135 at anusf.anu.edu.au> mbl900 at anusf.anu.edu.au
(Mathew BM LIM) writes:
>Yes, I know about swapon(8), but just what does "interleaved (supposedly
>equally)" mean? ... My guess is that it is implementation dependant,
>does anyone have any hard knowledge on this subject?

It is indeed implementation dependent, and yes, people do have hard
knowledge on the subject.

For more specifics, see the two `Unix internals' books, one by Bach and
one by Karels, Leffler, McKusick, and Quarterman.  Neither one will
describe whatever you have (Murphy's Law).
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