Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262280AbTEFClb (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 May 2003 22:41:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262281AbTEFClb (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 May 2003 22:41:31 -0400 Received: from adsl-63-194-239-202.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net ([63.194.239.202]:46351 "EHLO mmp-linux.matchmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262280AbTEFClb (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 May 2003 22:41:31 -0400 Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 19:53:56 -0700 From: Mike Fedyk To: Rene Rebe Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.21-rc1 VM swaps out too much Message-ID: <20030506025356.GD8350@matchmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: Rene Rebe , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030503.215534.846937682.rene.rebe@gmx.net> <20030505.204036.596526358.rene.rebe@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030505.204036.596526358.rene.rebe@gmx.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 829 Lines: 21 On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 08:40:36PM +0200, Rene Rebe wrote: > Hi, > > 2.5.68 is much smoother, quite less swap is used, my editors are not > pulled out of the swap all the time: > > $ free > total used free shared buffers cached > Mem: 515848 505804 10044 0 92808 173876 > -/+ buffers/cache: 239120 276728 > Swap: 524624 35612 489012 You will notice that -aa is better and -rmap is even better still. I can run badblocks on two drives without very much swapping on 192MB with -rmap15[aeg] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/