Overv/vramfs
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VRAM based file system for Linux
7 mentions on Hacker News by 7 people: 4 stories, 3 comments · first 2014-12-14 · latest 2026-06-03
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…implemented the same idea with OpenCL: https://github.com/theblazehen/vramblk There is originally https://github.com/Overv/vramfs however that has the overhead of a FUSE filesystem + loop device when using as a swap device. The performance…
comment by theblazehen · 2026-06-03 · in Use your Nvidia GPU's VRAM as swap space on Linux -
…pretty obsolete now. That page also has a fuse filesystem implementation on top of opencl - https://github.com/Overv/vramfs - which may be more compatible.
comment by kimixa · 2026-06-03 · in Use your Nvidia GPU's VRAM as swap space on Linux -
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Vramfs: Vram Based Filesystem for Linuxstory by signa11 · 2025-03-29 · 41 comments
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Vramfs – GPU VRAM based file system for Linuxstory by pabs3 · 2023-02-19 · 77 comments
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VRAM Based Filesystem for Linuxstory by nateb2022 · 2022-08-12 · 4 comments
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Linux alternative: https://github.com/Overv/vramfs ; HN thread (from 2 years ago) – https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8747057
comment by helb · 2016-11-28 · in Show HN: RAM Disk Backed by GPU Memory(VRAM) -
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VRAMfs – VRAM based file system for Linuxstory by tudborg · 2014-12-14 · 25 comments