Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Feb 1998 22:41:47 -0500 (EST) | From | Emil Briggs <> | Subject | Re: New Feature Idea: Compress swap file |
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>Can't optimize this by compressing on a per page basis? I'm not overly >familiar with the theory, but it seems that there is less to compress >(yeah, the compression isn't as good) and less for the CPU to worry about. > >Hmmm.... If only there was intellegent hardware that could do this for >us...
I seem to remember reading something about IBM looking into this a few years ago -- dedicated logic to compress stuff going across the bus. Can't remember the reference though.
Regards Emil
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