Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262907AbTIAN6n (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2003 09:58:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262905AbTIAN6m (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2003 09:58:42 -0400 Received: from tmr-02.dsl.thebiz.net ([216.238.38.204]:61970 "EHLO gatekeeper.tmr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262892AbTIAN6l (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2003 09:58:41 -0400 Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 09:48:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Davidsen To: Nico Schottelius cc: Nick Piggin , Ross Clarke , Linux-Admin , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Crazy load average & unkillable processes In-Reply-To: <20030829090129.GE690@schottelius.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/SIGNED; MICALG=pgp-sha1; PROTOCOL="application/pgp-signature"; BOUNDARY=WkfBGePaEyrk4zXB Content-ID: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 900 Lines: 24 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. --WkfBGePaEyrk4zXB Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I have never tried running 2.6 without swap, are there tuning values you need to avoid performance issues. You have adequate memory, have you played with swappiness? I'll try no swap on a machine when I get back from the weekend. -- bill davidsen CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979. --WkfBGePaEyrk4zXB-- - 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/