linux-kernel - Re: Zram for FreeBSD

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Date:   Thu, 6 Oct 2016 13:43:21 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
To:     Cory Pruce <cpruce@...iper.net>
Cc:     Nitin Gupta <nitingupta910@...il.com>,
        "sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com" 
        <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        "minchan@...nel.org" <minchan@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Zram for FreeBSD

Hi,

On (10/05/16 16:47), Cory Pruce wrote:
>    Could one of you tell me why these compression algo’s were chosen,

zram supports more than that.
https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=146469777105130


>    if they were implemented as a need for zram, and

hm... not all of them (if any at all). lzo, *may be*, was motivated
by "compression/decompression perfromance VS compression ratio", which
is imporatant for zram.


>    what the policy is on porting these to FreeBSD?

no idea.

	-ss