Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:04:09 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH] swsusp: support creating bigger images |
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Hi!
> > 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?
> > 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...
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