Re: [PATCH *] rmap VM 11c

[Rik van Riel]

On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Bill Davidsen wrote:

> >            http://surriel.com/patches/2.4/2.4.17-rmap-11c
> > and        http://linuxvm.bkbits.net/

> Rik, I tried a simple test, building a kernel in a 128M P-II-400, and
> when the load average got up to 50 or so the system became slow;-) On
> the other hand it was still usable for most normal things other then
> incoming mail which properly blocks at LA>10 or so.

Hehehe, when the load average is 50 only 2% of the CPU is available
for you. With that many gccs you're also under a memory squeeze with
128 MB of RAM, so it's no big wonder things got slow. ;)

I'm happy to hear the system was still usable, though.

> I'll be trying it on a large machine tomorrow, but it at least looks
> stable. In real life no sane person would do that, would they? Make
> with a nice -10 was essentially invisible.

Neat ...

> Maybe tomorrow the lateest -aa kernel on the same machine, with and
> without my own personal patch.

Looking forward to the results.

regards,

Rik
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