Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:08:00 +0530 | From | BAIN <> | Subject | Re: Compression filter for Loopback device |
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Hi one thing i missed to mention.
i do know about linuxcc project http://linuxcc.sf.net
but swap/compressed block device/ram is several degrees less intrusive on kernel.
BAIN
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:04:33 +0530, BAIN <bainonline@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi people, > > I missed this mail for almost a month, but neway > i was also looking at something similar but failed to find nething, > (donno why zloop didn't show up on sf search) > > My main reason to search something like this was triggered due to the > discussion on lkml about the necessity of the swap. > > The idea i had was to mount a swap partition over a compressed block > device implemented in the ram, this way few of my biggest problems in > current projects would be solved, > > 1. The project is embedded project and is running out of ram quite > frequently, i have bunch of monitor stuff in userspace which is > triggered only at moderate intervals and does not need to be in memory > all the time. swap is what is required here but unfortunately i have > no backing store for swap. (not all the tasks kick in at one time > neway so swap will be just fine). > > 2. This also does seem to be good idea on top of IMHO otherwise silly > stuff like this > http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3660 [ using ram as swap : kerneltrap.org ] > > 3. And according to discussion on lkml few months back , kernel is > suppose to work better if swap is enabled ? > > NE progress neone of you have made so far > > i was kinda alone doing this so this is going very slow, but will > speed up the things if i am backed up :). > > BAIN > > > On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 08:48:21 -0400, Lei Yang <leiyang@nec-labs.com> wrote: > > Hmm, I am a bit surprised to see this... > > Since I am the one who posted the question, could anyone pls give me > > some clue of what is going on? Or something like a summary. Many many > > thanks!! > > > > Lei - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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