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| Date | 2014-04-14 19:58 -0400 |
|---|---|
| From | Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression |
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On 2014.04.14, 19:32 , Rick Jones wrote:
> Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>> Of course there are helpful people out there so I found these
>> helpful commands:
>
>> AlansMac:~ alanbrowne$ sysctl -a vm.compressor_mode
>> vm.compressor_mode: 4
>> AlansMac:~ alanbrowne$
>
>> Compressor mode: 4 is "on".
>
>> To set it to 1 (off):
>
>> sudo nvram boot-args="vm_compressor=1"
>
>> So I'm now running in that mode.
>
> If 1 is off and 4 is on, what are 0, 2 and 3?
Not sure if "3" is defined since "DEFAULT" or'd with "NO_SWAP" might end
in tears...
http://opensource.apple.com/source/xnu/xnu-2422.1.72/osfmk/vm/vm_pageout.h
Near the bottom of that.
#define VM_PAGER_DEFAULT 0x1 /* Use default pager. */
#define VM_PAGER_COMPRESSOR_NO_SWAP 0x2 /* In-core compressor
only. */
#define VM_PAGER_COMPRESSOR_WITH_SWAP 0x4 /* In-core
compressor + swap backend. */
#define VM_PAGER_FREEZER_DEFAULT 0x8 /* Freezer backed by
default pager.*/
#define VM_PAGER_FREEZER_COMPRESSOR_NO_SWAP 0x10 /* Freezer
backed by in-core compressor only i.e. frozen data remain in-core
compressed.*/
#define VM_PAGER_FREEZER_COMPRESSOR_WITH_SWAP 0x20 /* Freezer
backed by in-core compressor with swap support too.*/
--
"Big data can reduce anything to a single number,
but you shouldn’t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude."
-Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07
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10.9 - disabling memory compression Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-13 12:07 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression billy@MIX.COM - 2014-04-13 17:57 +0000
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-13 15:35 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-04-13 14:50 -0400
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Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-04-14 07:51 -0400
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Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-04-20 09:11 +0200
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Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-04-15 02:10 +0000
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com> - 2014-04-14 23:32 +0000
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-14 19:58 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-04-20 09:45 +0200
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-20 09:26 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-04-15 00:38 -0700
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-16 16:58 -0400
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Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-17 15:15 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression android <here@there.was> - 2014-04-17 21:29 +0200
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression android <here@there.was> - 2014-04-17 21:29 +0200
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-17 15:48 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression android <here@there.was> - 2014-04-17 21:58 +0200
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-17 16:07 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression billy@MIX.COM - 2014-04-19 16:06 +0000
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-19 12:37 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-04-19 17:27 +0000
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-04-20 08:33 +0200
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-20 09:13 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-04-18 05:55 +0000
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Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-17 15:30 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-17 16:02 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression android <here@there.was> - 2014-04-17 22:10 +0200
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-17 16:33 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-04-17 21:54 +0000
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-17 18:13 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-04-17 23:59 +0000
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-18 17:59 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-04-19 17:27 +0000
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Martin Frost me at invalid stanford daht edu <nospam@stanford.edu.invalid> - 2014-04-19 14:15 -0700
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-19 18:06 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Martin Frost me at invalid stanford daht edu <nospam@stanford.edu.invalid> - 2014-04-19 17:16 -0700
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-19 20:32 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-19 21:40 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-20 15:45 +1200
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-04-18 05:46 +0000
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-18 09:44 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-04-18 21:06 +0000
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-18 17:21 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-18 17:30 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-04-18 18:49 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression billy@MIX.COM - 2014-04-19 16:33 +0000
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-04-20 08:53 +0200
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-20 09:22 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-04-21 03:49 +0000
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-18 17:24 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-04-18 17:25 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-04-19 03:09 +0000
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression billy@MIX.COM - 2014-04-19 15:21 +0000
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-04-19 16:01 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-04-20 10:47 +0200
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-04-21 03:52 +0000
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-21 04:26 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-04-22 04:07 +0000
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-04-22 08:15 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-04-21 08:44 -0400
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-04-20 10:42 +0200
Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression billy@MIX.COM - 2014-04-19 16:37 +0000
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