pagepool poll

[zeurx]

hey guys, whats you fav pagepool size?

Im using the alltel rom with a 8Mb and im loving it

[DogGuy]

I'd have voted for 5mb, but it wasn't an option, so standard 6mb is my winner

[johnnychimpo]

how do you edit this size?

[zeurx]

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.p...5&postcount=11

[leetsauce]

I want to know what difference a smaller/larger pool size makes before casting my vote.

[coolcmar]

what is exactly pagepool ?

[zeurx]

its kind of like ram disk(hd in ram memory) the more you have, the faster the file transfer(OS) but the less memory to run other programs

[zeurx]

Originally Posted by DogGuy

I'd have voted for 5mb, but it wasn't an option, so standard 6mb is my winner

is there any special reason, i find 8 mb allows for smooth os and i dont run much extra

[stroths]

Originally Posted by coolcmar

what is exactly pagepool ?

http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/...17/494177.aspx - (see quote below)

The Page Pool
Applications use RAM in two ways. There is code that runs, and there is data that is created while it is running. On a NOR device, the code can run directly from the ROM and not be loaded into RAM first. This process is called XIP (eXecute In Place). NAND devices can't XIP, so their code is loaded into RAM and executed from there. If you don't have a Page Pool, this code is loaded into normal RAM. The Page Pool is a mechanism to limit how much code is loaded into normal RAM. With a Page Pool, we can unload code that hasn't been used in a while and reload it later if we need to. We can't do that without a Page Pool.

On a typical NAND-based WM5 device, the Page Pool is 4.5M.

Here is another useful thread about the page pool http://forum.brighthand.com/showthread.php?t=230392

[stroths]

6mb-8mb is the optimal size for a WM5/6 device with 64mb like our Moguls. If we had more RAM I would opt for a larger size like 12mb.