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).

Jameson

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
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