Re: New Feature Idea: Compress swap file
Emil Briggs (briggs@bucky.physics.ncsu.edu)
Thu, 19 Feb 1998 22:41:47 -0500 (EST)
>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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