From: Florian Philipp <lists@binarywings.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] zcache + frontswap + cleancache: Am I missing something?
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:26:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50AA87E7.6010806@binarywings.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <50AA7187.20400@fastmail.co.uk>
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Am 19.11.2012 18:51, schrieb Kerin Millar:
> Florian Philipp wrote:
>> Hi list!
>>
>> I'm wondering about the usage of frontswap and cleancache. Now that all
>> pieces are in place in kernel-3.5, is it actually used?
>>
>> I've found references to cleancache and frontswap in several source
>> files of the kernel (ext4, swapfile, page_io, ...).
>> /sys/kernel/mm/zcache is also present but seems to indicate no usage at
>> all. Content attached below.
>
> It might be that you have enabled some of these options as loadable
> modules: CONFIG_ZCACHE, CONFIG_CLEANCACHE and CONFIG_FRONTSWAP. If so,
> build them directly into the kernel image instead.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --Kerin
>
You cannot build these as modules. Anyway, I'm recompiling right now
with debugfs and configfs. Let's see if that tells me anything.
Regards,
Florian Philipp
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-18 18:42 [gentoo-user] zcache + frontswap + cleancache: Am I missing something? Florian Philipp
2012-11-19 17:51 ` Kerin Millar
2012-11-19 19:26 ` Florian Philipp [this message]
2012-11-19 20:06 ` Kerin Millar
2012-11-22 21:22 ` Florian Philipp
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