Re: [2.4.17/18pre] VM and swap - it's really unusable
Daniel Phillips (phillips@bonn-fries.net)
Mon, 14 Jan 2002 17:40:51 +0100
On January 14, 2002 01:46 am, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Finally, I doubt that any of this will address my biggest problem with
> Linux, which is that as memory gets cheap a program doing significant disk
> writing can get buffers VERY full (perhaps a while CD worth) before the
> kernel decides to do the write, at which point the system becomes
> non-responsive for seconds at a time while the disk light comes on and
> stays on. That's another problem, and I did play with some patches this
> weekend without making myself really happy :-( Another topic,
> unfortunately.
Patience, the problem is understood and there will be a fix in the 2.5
timeframe.
--
Daniel
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