Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270346AbTHGRcT (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:32:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270375AbTHGRcT (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:32:19 -0400 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:27572 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270346AbTHGRcS (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:32:18 -0400 Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:34:13 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: jcwren@jcwren.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.0-test2 vs 2.2.12 -- Some observations Message-Id: <20030807103413.5625235e.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <200308071323.44884.jcwren@jcwren.com> References: <1060256649.3169.20.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030807142624.GA29208@lst.de> <200308071323.44884.jcwren@jcwren.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 768 Lines: 18 "J.C. Wren" wrote: > > Interactive performance is an atrocity with 2.6.0-test2. Something as simple > as backspacing though a command line can cause overrun errors. Whereas > before zmodeming a file down was not an issue with 2.2.12 (this, in fact, is > how software is applied to the CF card), it fails completely under > 2.6.0-test2. It sounds like something is spinning in-kernel. What do `free' and `cat /proc/meminfo' and `top' say? The next step would be to generate a kernel profile. - 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/