Re: Linux 2.4.17-rc1

Martin Knoblauch (Martin.Knoblauch@TeraPort.de)
Mon, 17 Dec 2001 12:30:37 +0100


> Linux 2.4.17-rc1
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I've just copied 2.4.17-rc1 to ftp.kernel.org... Its mirroring yet,
> probably.
>
> Well, I want people with the "unfreeable" buffer/cache problem to confirm
> with me that 2.4.17-rc1 is working ok.
>
> The same change which should fix that problem also should make 2.4 a bit
> less "swap happy".
>
Marcello,

the system feels a bit better. This on a 320MB Toshiba notebook with
64MB swap. I have forced a complete run of "updatedb", while running
"vmware" and NetScape.

Still swapping out, but the behaviour is [much] smoother. Not so many
"hangs" when the local disk is busy.

Martin

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