Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 19 Jun 1998 12:10:03 -0400 (EDT) | From | Mathieu Bouchard <> | Subject | Re: RAM compression? |
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> On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Mathieu Bouchard wrote: > > Is anybody has thought about writing/replacing a part of the kernel for > > RAM compression? this would 1. reduce swapping and 2. make swapping > > faster... this would be useful mostly to compress page tables, text > > buffers, data segments of zero-filled buffers, etc., obviously. this > > should be tunable to different levels of compression (-0 through -9), via > > a /proc file. > This is of little use on a true preemptive multitasking OS, since other > processes can run while you're waiting for your disks. Without true preemptive > multitasking, those waiting time would be spilled.
it happens often that a single threaded (?) single process which is the center of attention gobbles half of the RAM, or is it just me? (e.g.: Nutscape) in which case it should make sense??
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