Messages in this thread | | | From | "Rafael J. Wysocki" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH] swsusp: support creating bigger images | Date | Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:31:56 +0200 |
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Hi,
On Tuesday 25 April 2006 12:04, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > Okay, so it can be done, and patch does not look too bad. It still > > > scares me. Is 800MB image more responsive than 500MB after resume? > > > > Yes, it is, slightly, but I think 800 meg images are impractical for > > performance reasons (like IMO everything above 500 meg with the current > > hardware). However this means we can save 80% of RAM with the patch > > and that should be 400 meg instead of 250 on a 500 meg machine, or > > 200 meg instead of 125 on a 250 meg machine. > > Could we get few people trying it on such small machines to see if it > is really that noticeable?
OK, I'll try to run some tests on a machine with smaller RAM (and slower CPU).
> > > Is benefit worth it? > > > > Well, that depends. I think for boxes with 1 GB of RAM or more it's just > > unnecessary (as of today, but this may change if faster disks are available). > > On boxes with 512 MB of RAM or less it may change a lot as far as the > > responsiveness after resume is concerned. > > > > Anyway do you think it may go into -mm (unless Andrew shoots it down, > > that is ;-))? > > I'd really like to hear that it helps someone before going to > -mm. It looks clean enough but still it is 300 lines...
Oh, it's not that bad. Adds ~240 lines and removes 75. :-)
Greetings, Rafael
> > Pavel
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