Messages in this thread | | | From | Matthew <> | Subject | Re: Using videocard-memory as a filesystem | Date | Sun, 22 Aug 1999 16:23:23 -0500 |
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Why not, you have video cards that steal system memory, why can't the system steal video memory?
Matthew
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, van Heusden, Folkert wrote: > > Hi, > > > > ---<skip this>---- > > I had this idea for a couple of months, but due to more > > girlfriends then free-time, it's not likely I'll implement it > > myself. > > Background: in the 2.2/3.x kernels, there seems to be > > the possibility to detach the console from the video-card > > and use, for example, the serial port. If you do this, your > > shiny 8MB matrox millenium will be sitting idle in your > > pc doing nothing but wasting energy. > > > > ---<read this>--- > > The idea: create some driver that uses the RAM of the > > video-card as a block-device! That way you can use the > > fast-accessible videocard memory as a (for example) > > swap-drive (will outperfrom any harddisk!) or a temporary- > > file "disk" or whatsoever. Shouldn't be too difficult to > > implement. > > > > Any questions/comments/etc.? Please please please > > please send them CC to my wang-email address since > > I'm not on this list :-/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > Folkert van Heusden > > Other e-mail addresses: f.v.heusden@ftr.nl, flok99@dds.nl > > Mobile phone: +31-6-22390057 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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