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diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt index 13100fb3c26d..7c05357360a7 100644 --- a/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt +++ b/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt @@ -83,6 +83,17 @@ pre-created. Default: 1. #select lzo compression algorithm echo lzo > /sys/block/zram0/comp_algorithm + For the time being, the `comp_algorithm' content does not necessarily + show every compression algorithm supported by the kernel. We keep this + list primarily to simplify device configuration and one can configure + a new device with a compression algorithm that is not listed in + `comp_algorithm'. The thing is that, internally, ZRAM uses Crypto API + and, if some of the algorithms were built as modules, it's impossible + to list all of them using, for instance, /proc/crypto or any other + method. This, however, has an advantage of permitting the usage of + custom crypto compression modules (implementing S/W or H/W + compression). + 4) Set Disksize Set disk size by writing the value to sysfs node 'disksize'. The value can be either in bytes or you can use mem suffixes. |