Am Freitag, 17. Januar 2003 08:42 schrieb magenta: > On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 11:03:21PM -0800, Allen Akin wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 10:16:30PM -0800, magenta wrote: > > | Should it even be possible for one process to swap out other processes' > > | context data? > > > > In the same way that one process can cause the ordinary memory pages of > > another process to be swapped out, I'd say "yes."
[-] > Heh, I had another thought which seems perversely sick and wrong, yet oh so > right: make video memory get treated as normal memory pages, and just > migrate stuff into those pages when it's needed. Then when video memory > isn't in use, the kernel could migrate other stuff into video RAM. Unified > memory for all! :) Sorry, but I think this _is_ perversely sick and wrong ;-) Remember what all goes on in *BSD and Linux to get all out of the "real" memory performance e.g. memcopy and friends. Have a closer look, here: [CFT] faster athlon/duron memory copy implementation http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103548024914815&w=2 So if you have to few memory buy some modules. Regards, Dieter ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: Thawte.com - A 128-bit supercerts will allow you to extend the highest allowed 128 bit encryption to all your clients even if they use browsers that are limited to 40 bit encryption. Get a guide here:http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0030en _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
