Re: The cause of the "VM" performance problem with 2.4.X

From: André Dahlqvist (andre.dahlqvist@telia.com)
Date: Tue Aug 28 2001 - 14:29:37 EST

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> wrote:

> Note that the real fix is to make the block devices use the page cache.
> Andrea has patches, but it's a 2.5.x thing.

Linus, could you please make a statement when 2.5.x is likely to start?
A lot of people wonder this and we all know you have some sort of plan
laid out. Tell us about it:-)

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