Re: Ext 3 and 17-pre4

Excellent,
Since applying, ext3 x.16 to pre2 I have notice marked improvement in my
box'(s) stability, and responsiveness.  With the Pre4 and the new ext3
patch I have noticed even greater responsiveness, and Memory use has
definately dropped...a kernal untar was almost certain to eat almost the
entire 512MB on the box I am typing this from...that is no longer the
case.

On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Andrew Morton wrote:

> [e-mail] wrote:
> >
> > For anyone else interested, the latest patch to ext3 does appear to
> > properly apply to 17-pre4.
>
> Thanks.  Yes, it's nice now the change rate has dropped.  IMO, 2.4
> is at the "just finished" stage, and the fine-tuning and polishing
> now starts.  IMO.
>
> > When can we expect to see these updates make it into the kernal proper
> > BTW?
>
> There have been a hundred or so downloads and no anguished squeaks,
> so I'll ask Marcelo to merge in a day or two.
>
> -
>