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| author | Brian Behlendorf <[email protected]> | 2013-02-07 14:15:53 -0800 |
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| committer | Brian Behlendorf <[email protected]> | 2013-02-07 14:19:40 -0800 |
| commit | 52768784e66a7b3ca493d907e86ee674ca50193c (patch) | |
| tree | 14b05d9507384a251e14a837f62d95c2fca7f32a /man | |
| parent | ed2e157605ba0bbce954174e49c6a76682d564b9 (diff) | |
Update the zfs.8 "ZFS Volumes as Swap" section
As of 0.6.0-rc11 using ZFS volumes as Linux swap devices is
supported. Swapping to files in ZFS filesystems is not.
Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <[email protected]>
Closes #1189
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/man8/zfs.8 | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/man8/zfs.8 b/man/man8/zfs.8 index 474fde97a..edfd5e797 100644 --- a/man/man8/zfs.8 +++ b/man/man8/zfs.8 @@ -1248,7 +1248,10 @@ The values of user properties are arbitrary strings, are always inherited, and a .SS "ZFS Volumes as Swap" .sp .LP -Do not swap to a file on a \fBZFS\fR file system. A \fBZFS\fR swap file configuration is not supported. +\fBZFS\fR volumes may be used as Linux swap devices. After creating the volume +with the \fBzfs create\fR command set up and enable the swap area using the +\fBmkswap\fR(8) and \fBswapon\fR(8) commands. Do not swap to a file on a +\fBZFS\fR file system. A \fBZFS\fR swap file configuration is not supported. .SH SUBCOMMANDS .sp .LP |