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[Ricardo Salveti de Araujo <ricardo.salveti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/01/2013 04:09 PM, f69m wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Please find attached a small patch that will create /data/swapfile on
> first boot.
> If you don't want a swapfile, just create an empty /data/swapfile.
>
> Pros:
>
>   * The swap file can be removed from the rootfs, which makes that
>     significantly smaller and faster to flash.
>   * Once created, the swap file persists updates and does not need to be
>     recreated.
>
> Cons:
>
>   * Can't think of any.
>
> Details:
>
>   * The patch should be applied to git://phablet.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/uchroot.
>   * Creates /data/swapfile, if it does not exist yet.
>   * Runs swapon, if the file exists and is not empty.
>
> Hope this patch is acceptable and can be included for everyone.

There's already a SWAP file at the ubuntu side (check 
/data/ubuntu/SWAP.swap).

But your solution might work better as we can remove this step from 
image build time.

I'd just like an extra check in case there's not enough disk space 
before creating the swapfile.

Will check this tomorrow.

Cheers,
--
Ricardo Salveti de Araujo