Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 22 Feb 1998 19:36:37 -0600 (CST) | From | Mark Spencer <> | Subject | Re: virtual disk system (swap enhancement idea too) |
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> On Sun, 22 Feb 1998, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > <OFFTOPIC>As an aside, it would be neat if the kernel would pre-write > > > pages to disk so that when it came time to swap to disk, there would > > > already be some pages written. Of course this should only happen when > > > there isn't alot of disk accesses going on.</OFFTOPIC> > > Power saving people will not like this idea, as it causes disk traffic > > even if one is not needed. > > Then they dont need to turn it on.. This would be a GREAT feature.. > Computer sits at home all day with nothing going on .. You come home and > startup netscape and it doesn't have to actually swap at all... This is > nice.. and would not likely be hard to impliment.. Just make it sysctl > controlable.. :)
So is anybody going to try this? I did try my hand at it once and even thought I got close, but alas, for reasons I cannot express on this list, my work was destroyed before I could finish.
-Mark
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