Re: swap cache
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 21 Dec 1998 17:25:18 +0000 (GMT)
> "Paul R. Wilson" <wilson@cs.utexas.edu> said:
> > If it is true that the dominant cost of paging is in seeks (and
> > that seems likely) then a compressed page cache is a good idea;
> > it's easy to compress and uncompress a page many times faster
> > than a seek.
>
> ... thus grinding the whole system to a halt (The CPU can not be used by
> other processes in the meantime!).
>
> This whole thread is domitated by "one process at a time" thinking.
The interesting thing however is that for a lot of desktop usage, that
thinking is the correct model. There is only one way to find out for
definite - someone who believes its clearly a win should code it and try it
Alan
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