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From: Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
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Subject: Re: What is your experience with Samsung "RAM Plus" virtual memory expansion?
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 10:26:34 +0000
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Andrew wrote:

> "Samsung RAM Plus is a feature found in certain Samsung smartphones 
>   that creates virtual RAM by using a portion of the device's internal 
>   storage to provide extra temporary memory when the actual RAM is 
>   running low."
> 
> I didn't even realize this existed until now

Sounds like a swap file, but doesn't android already use zram for 
swapping?  Not played with (or needed to play with) kernel stuff in 
android for years ...