Request: Add zram kernel module about distribution HOT 11 CLOSED

On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 5:11 PM, Kin ***@***.***> wrote: Hi, zram in general can have quite a lot of useful applications. Usually it's used in machines with low memory, I use it personally as a ramdrive with compression for applications where disk IO is bottleneck such as on azure. For compilation use cases I can achieve ~0.5 compression ratio with LZO. This makes it possible to compile some projects with > 10GB total uncompressed size on ramdrive in a 8gb memory VM. Really appreciate if you can consider adding zram support especially given that current kernel does not support loading kernel module. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#45>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABPeFQUWBwG34ZDdrKYxxi3968RISF9tks5to-GagaJpZM4TVtdv> .

yup good idea just fixed the config, should be in tomorrows release On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 5:11 PM, Kin ***@***.***> wrote: > Hi, > > zram in general can have quite a lot of useful applications. Usually it's > used in machines with low memory, I use it personally as a ramdrive with > compression for applications where disk IO is bottleneck such as on azure. > > For compilation use cases I can achieve ~0.5 compression ratio with LZO. > This makes it possible to compile some projects with > 10GB total > uncompressed size on ramdrive in a 8gb memory VM. > > Really appreciate if you can consider adding zram support especially > given that current kernel does not support loading kernel module. > > — > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <#45>, or mute the > thread > <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABPeFQUWBwG34ZDdrKYxxi3968RISF9tks5to-GagaJpZM4TVtdv> > . >

On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 11:17 PM, ahkok ***@***.***> wrote: This is now in the -native kernel, but should we also enable this in the -kvm kernel too? — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#45 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AIre6PQ8CX_MPGjHeB26pTZ4H5Y6szRqks5tqs7jgaJpZM4TVtdv> .