CONFIG_SWAP: Support for paging of anonymous memory (swap)

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_SWAP has multiple definitions:

Support for paging of anonymous memory (swap) found in mm/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt: Support for paging of anonymous memory (swap)
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_MMU && CONFIG_BLOCK && ! CONFIG_ARCH_NO_SWAP
• defined in mm/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 5.19, 6.0–6.17, 6.18-rc+HEAD

Help text

This option allows you to choose whether you want to have support for so called swap devices or swap files in your kernel that are used to provide more virtual memory than the actual RAM present in your computer. If unsure say Y.

Support for paging of anonymous memory (swap) found in init/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt: Support for paging of anonymous memory (swap)
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_MMU && CONFIG_BLOCK && ! CONFIG_ARCH_NO_SWAP
• defined in init/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.4–2.6.39, 3.0–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.18, 5.18+HEAD

Help text

This option allows you to choose whether you want to have support for so called swap devices or swap files in your kernel that are used to provide more virtual memory than the actual RAM present in your computer. If unsure say Y.

found in arch/nios2/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/nios2/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 3.19, 4.0–4.18

Help text

(none)

found in arch/microblaze/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/microblaze/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.30–2.6.39, 3.0–3.19, 4.0–4.18

Help text

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found in arch/h8300/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/h8300/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.68–2.5.75, 2.6.0–2.6.39, 3.0–3.12

Help text

(none)

Support for paging of anonymous memory found in init/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt: Support for paging of anonymous memory
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_MMU
• defined in init/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.65–2.5.75, 2.6.0–2.6.3

Help text

This option allows you to choose whether you want to have support for socalled swap devices or swap files in your kernel that are used to provide more virtual memory than the actual RAM present in your computer. If unsure say Y.

Support for paging of anonymous memory found in arch/i386/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt: Support for paging of anonymous memory
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/i386/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.64

Help text

This option allows you to choose whether you want to have support for socalled swap devices or swap files in your kernel that are used to provide more virtual memory than the actual RAM present in your computer. If unusre say Y.

Enable support for swap found in arch/ppc/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt: Enable support for swap
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_ADVANCED_OPTIONS
• defined in arch/ppc/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.55–2.5.64

Help text

This option allows you to turn off support for swapfiles in the kernel. This can be useful if you know that your system will never have swap.

Say Y here unless you know what you are doing.

found in arch/x86_64/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/x86_64/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.46–2.5.64

Help text

(none)

found in arch/v850/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/v850/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.46–2.5.64

Help text

(none)

found in arch/um/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/um/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.46–2.5.64

Help text

(none)

found in arch/sparc64/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/sparc64/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.46–2.5.64

Help text

(none)

found in arch/sparc/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/sparc/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.46–2.5.64

Help text

(none)

found in arch/sh/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/sh/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.46–2.5.64

Help text

(none)

found in arch/s390x/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/s390x/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.46–2.5.64

Help text

(none)

found in arch/s390/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/s390/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.46–2.5.64

Help text

(none)

found in arch/ppc64/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/ppc64/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.46–2.5.64

Help text

(none)

found in arch/ppc/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: ! CONFIG_ADVANCED_OPTIONS
• defined in arch/ppc/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.46–2.5.64

Help text

(none)

found in arch/parisc/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/parisc/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.46–2.5.64

Help text

(none)

found in arch/mips64/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/mips64/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.46–2.5.64

Help text

(none)

found in arch/mips/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/mips/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.46–2.5.64

Help text

(none)

found in arch/m68knommu/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/m68knommu/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.46–2.5.64

Help text

(none)

found in arch/m68k/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/m68k/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.46–2.5.64

Help text

(none)

found in arch/ia64/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/ia64/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.46–2.5.64

Help text

(none)

found in arch/cris/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/cris/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.46–2.5.64

Help text

(none)

found in arch/arm/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/arm/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.46–2.5.64

Help text

(none)

found in arch/alpha/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/alpha/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.46–2.5.64

Help text

(none)

found in arch/i386/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SWAP:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/i386/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.46–2.5.63

Help text

(none)

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