Re: [patch] arca-vm-6, killed kswapd [Re: [patch] new-vm improvement

Linux account (linux@billabong.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 6 Jan 1999 01:10:06 +0000 (GMT)

On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> I have a new revolutionary patch. The main thing is that I killed kswapd
> just to make Rik happy ;).

In recent kernels (up to 2.2.0-pre4-ac3) I was rather concerned about the
amount of swap and cache in use as reported by xosview, while doing things
like kernel compiles and browsing with Netscape communicator 4.5 (huge
hog, I know but...)

This patch makes things *look* more realistic and A LOT more responsive on
this little laptop with 24MB RAM (32MB swap)... I'll keep trying.

Very unscientific, I know, but I must read the source more.

JHW
linux@billabong.demon.co.uk

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