[patch] allow crash dumps to Linux swap partitions

[Garrett Cooper]

On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Don Lewis <truckman at freebsd.org> wrote:
> I've got a machine that is set up to dual boot both FreeBSD and Linux.
> It is also disk space impaired, so to make the best use possible of the
> available space, I have FreeBSD set up to swap to the Linux swap
> partition. Until now I haven't had working crash dumps because geom
> didn't permit crash dumps to Linux swap partitions. This patch removes
> that limitation.  This could be useful for users of laptops who boot
> multiple operating systems.

    Seems like a good idea, but could dumping to a Linux partition
confuse FreeBSD or vice versa?
Thanks!
-Garrett