Swap partition priority

Reply: Stéphane_Rochoy : "Re: Swap partition priority"
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From: Andrea Venturoli <ml_at_netfence.it>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:11:03 UTC

Hello.

Is it possible to set swap partition priority?
According to swapon(8), the answer is no, but I wonder if the man page 
might be outdated, if patches are available, etc...

The reason is I have SSDs and HDDs in the same system: I normally use 
swap on SSDs (for speed obviously), but sometimes the amount is not enough.
So I'm ponderind adding swap on HDDS too, but this would slow down 
everyrting unless it's really used as last resort.

  bye & Thanks
	av.