default algorithm in package zram-config 0.5

Dan Streetman ddstreet at canonical.com
Wed Jun 10 13:44:51 UTC 2020


On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 6:40 PM Mitch 74 <mitch074 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I know about the setting, that's why I mentioned changing the default -
> lzo is a wee bit outdated now, while lz4 is built into the kernel now so
> there's little chance of it not working out of the box. Moreover it's
> not about changing the default in zram

Why do you want to change the default in Ubuntu but not in the upstream kernel?

> , only in the package zram-config
> (i.e. when setting it up).
>
> Le 09/06/2020 à 00:33, Dan Streetman a écrit :
> > On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 3:42 PM Mitch 74 <mitch074 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Considering that now lz4 is by default enabled in kernel, wouldn't it be
> >> better to use it as a compression algorithm in zram instead of lzo?
> > the zram default upstream is still lzo (lzo-rle).  you can select zram
> > alg for each device, at /sys/block/zramN/comp_algorithm, before you
> > initialize it.
> >
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> Mitch 74
> >>
> >>
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