Re: [lc-devel] Linux - compressed caching

[Rodrigo S. de C. <rc...@im...>]

On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 10:02:53AM -0800, sangeetha wrote:
> we r supposed to do a mini-project work in Linux this sem,so we(a
> team of two) have chosen the topic Linux-compressed caching.........

Brave men. Good luck.

> plz can anyone tell me any useful websites that wud help in the
> development of our project work,

There is a list of useful web sites and references for our development
available on our web page (http://linuxcompressed.sf.net). User Mode
Linux will make your development quicker, so this tool is
essential. Oh, and gdb is your friend, so learn it if you don't know
it yet.

> and also tell us how to start off........thanx in advance.

First of all, I assume you two know C language very well. Then the
first step would be understanding reasonably well the Linux memory
management code (linux/mm directory), mainly the swapout path. Later
you devise your design ideas and start coding. Only coding you start
noticing minor details that you didn't pay attention at first.

You may download old versions of our code to have a look at the first
ideas (current code is a little bit more complex to start
with). Anyway, be aware that Linux VM has changed a lot since then.

Regards,
-- 
Rodrigo S. de Castro <rc...@im...>