The new xvmalloc module has a complely different API to the one used by
ramzswap so we are unable to move it trivially over to use the version
in staging. We have two solutions available to us.
1) turn off zram and use ramzswap, or
2) turn off ramzswap and switch the live installer to use that.
The first should be the simplest as we _should_ already have the
required installer support. The second is a longer term solution as
zram represents the ongoing development of ramzswap.
However looking at the installer support (which is actually part of
initramfs-tools) we find that the code there for using ramzswap is
broken and will never correctly load the module as indeed is the code
for compcache. The syntax of the generated udev rules files are broken
and needs fundamental redesign. If we are going to redo the support
there we may as well add zram support and transition over.
Therefore I am opening this up against initramfs-tools and the kernel.
For the kernel this is to track removing ramzswap (which is broken
anyhow). For initramfs-tools it is to track the updates to the udev
support and adding zram support.
** Also affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Andy Whitcroft (apw)
** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
Milestone: None => ubuntu-11.10-beta-2
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Title:
Error inserting ramzswap in Oneiric Desktop ISO 24th August
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