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 ago, but not

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

2007-10-14 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 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

2007-10-13 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] ___

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,

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

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 ?

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 the

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, the swap, typically configured, is much more than the amount

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 whether the same is