Fedora 29 For ARM Eyeing ZRAM Support, ARMv7 UEFI Booting

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Fedora 29 For ARM Eyeing ZRAM Support, ARMv7 UEFI Booting

When it comes to the growing number of changes slated for Fedora 29, while most of the feature plans benefit all supported CPU architectures, there are also some ARM-specific improvements planned...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-29-ARM-UEFI-ZRAM

[andreano]

I've been using zram to increase the amount of swap on a desktop computer with SSD: Running out of RAM with 4 zram devices + a regular swap partition feels silky smooth compared to just the regular swap partition. Earlyoom did not always prevent the desktop from locking up.

If I understand correctly, multiple zram devices increases parallelism.

[Weasel]

If I understand correctly, multiple zram devices increases parallelism.

That hasn't been the case for a long time unless you have a 3.x kernel.