Subject: Re: Two swapctl(2) question
To: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/10/2001 19:26:17
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 09:08:53AM +1000, matthew green wrote:
>
> First, for SWAP_ON and SWAP_CTL, the third argument to swapctl(2)
> represents the priority of this swap device. Is a lower number a
> higher priority or vice versa?
>
> hmm, this isn't noted in swapctl(2) but only in swapctl(8):
>
> priority=N This option sets the priority of the specified swap de-
> vice to N. The highest priority is 0, second priority is
> 1, etc.
Okay, next question, what does this default to? (Please, oh please,
don't say 0.)
I guess I could just read the source, but, um, doesn't this kind of
information *belong* in the section 2 man page? Default belongs in
section 8 in addition to the priority description...
(Yes, I'll do a send-pr with the man page patches.)
~ g r @ eclipsed.net