Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!Mike CaplingerFrom: Mike Caplinger Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Question about 4.2 swap space and pstat -s Message-ID: <6284@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Sun, 2-Dec-84 16:34:21 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.6284 Posted: Sun Dec 2 16:34:21 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Dec-84 06:22:08 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 9 Alas, it's not a "problem", it's a feature. 4.2 uses a "more efficient" allocation algorithm for the swap space, which unfortunately results in fragmentation thereof. Running large processes like Emaces seem to result in huge amounts of wasted space. There is apparently no "fix" for this. Perhaps some hardy soul might consider retrofitting the 4.1 swapping code. Many sites like yours and mine, who have lots of physical memory and relatively small swap areas, would appreciate it.