On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 12:15:37PM -0600, Jameson Quinn wrote: > Erik, what is the latest status on Compcache? Obviously, this could > relieve some of the pressure, but does not remove the need for an OOM > strategy (or strategies). I provided and tested a patch to apply it to a branch of our kernel git tree to our kernel devs. I believe it has been pushed into one tree but I am unsure.
Deepak: What next? Erik > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Martin Langhoff <[email protected] > > wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Erik Garrison <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What about using a NAND partition as swap? Has this ever been done? > > > Given that partition support is a recent development it seems unlikely. > > > > There's been discussion on this list about it. I don't think the mtd > > driver does any wear-levelling, and the swap usage patterns are > > probably murder. > > > > googling about I landed this paper from an Intel guy - > > http://www.google.com.ar/search?q=linux+swap+mtd+nand > > > > > > www.celinux.org/elc08_presentations/belyakov_elc2008_compressed_swap_final_doc.pdf > > > > cheers, > > > > > > > > m > > -- > > [email protected] > > [email protected] -- School Server Architect > > - ask interesting questions > > - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first > > - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff > > _______________________________________________ > > Devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
