User configurable swap files

[Peter Clutton]

On 10/18/05, Alistar Erlas <millueradfa at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a feature idea that might be interesting and I
> think would be very useful.
>
> I think it would be an excellent feature to be able,
> in addition to using a swap partition, also be able to
> create files in a filesystem that can be used for
> additional VM space, especially which can be created
> while the kernel is running and a maximum size that
> can also be configured during run time. I have run
> into the problem of where the system has run out of VM
> space on the system, but I would rather not have to
> repartition. Users could for instance define swap
> files on filesystems on flash memory sticks that you
> plugin to USB ports. Instant memory upgrade. Or they
> could set them up on remote filesystems. many
> possibilities. Thank you, for your attention it is


I believe this is already in place. Is this maybe what you are looking for?:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/adding-swap-space.html
http://www.freebsddiary.org/swap.php