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From: Samuel Flory <sflory@valinux.com>
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Subject: Re: mke2fs and kernel VM issues
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Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> > heavily modifed VA kernel based on 2.2.18.  Is there a kernel which is
> > believed to be a known good kernel?  (both 2.2.x and 2.4.x)
> 
> I've not seen the problem on unmodified 2.2.18. The 2.2.17/18 VM does have
> its problems but not these. 2.2.19pre3 and higher have the Andrea VM fixes which
> have worked wonders for everyone so far.


  Hmm I believe Chip got his VM patches from Andrea.  So the behavior
may be more 2.2.19pre3ish than 2.2.18ish.

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Solving people's computer problems always
requires more hardware be given to you.
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Samuel J. Flory  <sam@valinux.com>
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