Support KSM

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
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Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c, linux, raspberry-pi

Research direction

Start by locating the Raspberry Pi kernel build configuration and checking how CONFIG_KSM is set for the compiled kernels. Read the linked KSM documentation to understand the feature, then verify that the resulting kernel configuration enables CONFIG_KSM=y and that the build completes successfully.

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I don't know if this the right place for this request.

Given the limited memory of a raspberry Pi, I suggest to provide compiled kernels with CONFIG_KSM=y

KSM is a memory de-duplication feature, for applications willing to use it. More about it here.

netdata uses this to lower its memory requirements. Other applications may use it too.

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