Freebsd without swap

[RW]

On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:48:13 +0100
RW wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:22:37 +0300
> mbsd wrote:
> 
> > Hi there.
> > 
> > Now I'm using FreeBSD 9 without swap, and without additional swap -
> > related configurations.
> >.. 
> > And the question is:
> > Does it correct to use freebsd like this? Or I need specific setup?


Sorry, missed this bit. No, you don't have to do anything.

> > Option NO_SWAPPING if I understand right not for this purpose.
> > Sysctl vm.swap_enabled=0 seems to be useful.
> 
> NO_SWAPPING builds-out code related to paging to swap along with the
> related sysctl options, and is probably what you are after.
> 
> vm.swap_enabled enables actual swapping in addition to normal paging
> when short of memory, and isn't relevant if you have no swap space.