Re: mke2fs and kernel VM issues

Samuel Flory (sflory@valinux.com)
Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:01:01 -0800

Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > heavily modifed VA kernel based on 2.2.18. Is there a kernel which is
> > believed to be a known good kernel? (both 2.2.x and 2.4.x)
>
> I've not seen the problem on unmodified 2.2.18. The 2.2.17/18 VM does have
> its problems but not these. 2.2.19pre3 and higher have the Andrea VM fixes which
> have worked wonders for everyone so far.

Hmm I believe Chip got his VM patches from Andrea. So the behavior
may be more 2.2.19pre3ish than 2.2.18ish.

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Samuel J. Flory  <sam@valinux.com>
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