On 29 Oct 98 07:31:43 +0330, "HARAWAT.IN.ORACLE.COM"
<HARAWAT.IN.oracle.com.ofcmail@in.oracle.com> said:
> The paging parameters in Linux min_free_pages, free_pages_low,
> free_pages_high etc. are hardcoded in the kernel, using some
> formula. Will it not be a good idea to make these parameters as
> tunable parameters (like in Solaris, Sequent etc.), so that the system
> adminstrator can better tune these parameters according to his
> requirements and m/c configuration.
They are tunable under all 2.0 and later kernels. The current values
can be read with
cat /proc/sys/vm/freepages
and you can change them by (say)
echo 500 750 1000 > /proc/sys/vm/freepages
--Stephen
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