Re: Video memory as swap under FreeBSD

2007-10-16 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Alexander Motin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dag-Erling Smørgrav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Arne Schwabe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Video RAM may also not be as stable as your main RAM. I mean > > > nobody [cares] if a bit flips in video ram. > > That may have been true fifteen years

Re: Video memory as swap under FreeBSD

2007-10-14 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Achim Patzner wrote: Am 14.10.2007 um 10:24 schrieb Alexander Motin: Dag-Erling Smørgrav пишет: Arne Schwabe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: VIdeo RAM may also not be as stable as your main RAM. I mean nobody if a bit flips in video ram. That may have been true fifteen years ago, but not

Re: Video memory as swap under FreeBSD

2007-10-14 Thread Achim Patzner
Am 14.10.2007 um 10:24 schrieb Alexander Motin: Dag-Erling Smørgrav пишет: Arne Schwabe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: VIdeo RAM may also not be as stable as your main RAM. I mean nobody if a bit flips in video ram. That may have been true fifteen years ago, but not today. Have the anybody

Re: Video memory as swap under FreeBSD

2007-10-14 Thread Alexander Motin
Dag-Erling Smørgrav пишет: Arne Schwabe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: VIdeo RAM may also not be as stable as your main RAM. I mean nobody if a bit flips in video ram. That may have been true fifteen years ago, but not today. Have the anybody ever seen ECC video RAM? Video RAM usually works on

Re: Video memory as swap under FreeBSD

2007-10-13 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Arne Schwabe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > VIdeo RAM may also not be as stable as your main RAM. I mean nobody if a > bit flips in video ram. That may have been true fifteen years ago, but not today. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ f

Re: Video memory as swap under FreeBSD

2007-10-12 Thread Arne Schwabe
Kris Kennaway schrieb: > Vladimir Terziev wrote: >> Hi Hackers, >> >> i have found the following very interesting link: >> >> http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Use_memory_on_video_card_as_swap >> >> It's a howto for Video memory utilization as a swap. >> >> Could someone point me wheth

Re: Video memory as swap under FreeBSD

2007-10-12 Thread Warner Losh
From: "Kevin - Your.Org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Video memory as swap under FreeBSD Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:54:23 -0500 > > On Oct 12, 2007, at 11:07 AM, Stefan Esser wrote: > > > Vladimir Terziev schrieb: > >>You're right, > &g

Re: Video memory as swap under FreeBSD

2007-10-12 Thread Kevin - Your.Org
On Oct 12, 2007, at 11:07 AM, Stefan Esser wrote: Vladimir Terziev schrieb: You're right, the swap, typically configured, is much more than the amount of the video memory, but in fact the swap is just a reserv, which ensures continuation of the normal operations on the machine, a

Re: Video memory as swap under FreeBSD

2007-10-12 Thread Kris Kennaway
Stefan Esser wrote: Vladimir Terziev schrieb: You're right, the swap, typically configured, is much more than the amount of the video memory, but in fact the swap is just a reserv, which ensures continuation of the normal operations on the machine, at times of peak loads.

Re: Video memory as swap under FreeBSD

2007-10-12 Thread Stefan Esser
Vladimir Terziev schrieb: > You're right, > > the swap, typically configured, is much more than the amount of the > video memory, but in fact the swap is just a reserv, which ensures > continuation of the normal operations on the machine, at times of peak loads. > In our days t

Re: Video memory as swap under FreeBSD

2007-10-12 Thread Vladimir Terziev
You're right, the swap, typically configured, is much more than the amount of the video memory, but in fact the swap is just a reserv, which ensures continuation of the normal operations on the machine, at times of peak loads. In our days the amount of RAM placed in the

Re: Video memory as swap under FreeBSD

2007-10-12 Thread Kris Kennaway
Vladimir Terziev wrote: Hi Hackers, i have found the following very interesting link: http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Use_memory_on_video_card_as_swap It's a howto for Video memory utilization as a swap. Could someone point me whether the same is possible un

Video memory as swap under FreeBSD

2007-10-12 Thread Vladimir Terziev
Hi Hackers, i have found the following very interesting link: http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Use_memory_on_video_card_as_swap It's a howto for Video memory utilization as a swap. Could someone point me whether the same is possible under FreeBSD ? Th