Re: Using memory on video card as SWAP.

From: Marcelo Tosatti (marcelo@conectiva.com.br)
Date: Tue Jul 11 2000 - 13:11:06 EST


A guy here has done a driver to use AWE32 sound card memory as a block
device, so you can use it as swap.

http://helllabs.org/~claudio/awebd/awe_ram.c (the driver is for kernel
2.3.43)

On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Mike A. Harris wrote:

> I have the following cards installed in my computer:
>
> Cirrus Logic 5446 2Mb
> Monster Voodoo 4Mb
> Matrox M3D
>
> While in linux I only have a use for the Cirrus card. Has anyone
> developed drivers to use the memory on either of the other two
> cards, as swap space? I've read about this topic before but
> didn't have any use for it at the time...
>
> IMHO, 4Mb of swap on the video card will likely be much faster
> than going to disk.. even if it is only 4Mb.. I don't know how
> much memory the M3D has... anyone know? Doesn't appear to have
> any by looking at it..

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