Re: [GIT PULL] mm: frontswap (for 3.2 window)

Brian King
2011-10-27T22:34:19Z

On 10/27/2011 01:52 PM, Dan Magenheimer wrote:
> Hi Linus --
>
> Frontswap now has FOUR users: Two already merged in-tree (zcache
> and Xen) and two still in development but in public git trees
> (RAMster and KVM). Frontswap is part 2 of 2 of the core kernel
> changes required to support transcendent memory; part 1 was cleancache
> which you merged at 3.0 (and which now has FIVE users).

We are also actively looking at utilizing frontswap for IBM Power and would
welcome its inclusion in mainline.

Thanks,

Brian

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Brian King
Linux on Power Virtualization
IBM Linux Technology Center