Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030194AbWCWIC2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Mar 2006 03:02:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030197AbWCWIC2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Mar 2006 03:02:28 -0500 Received: from altrade.nijmegen.internl.net ([217.149.192.18]:38596 "EHLO altrade.nijmegen.internl.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030194AbWCWIC1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Mar 2006 03:02:27 -0500 From: jos poortvliet To: ck@vds.kolivas.org Subject: Re: [ck] swap prefetching merge plans Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:01:53 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 Cc: Con Kolivas , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20060322205305.0604f49b.akpm@osdl.org> <200603231804.36334.kernel@kolivas.org> In-Reply-To: <200603231804.36334.kernel@kolivas.org> X-Face: $0>4o"Xx2u2q(Tx!D+6~yPc{ZhEfnQnu:/nthh%Kr%f$aiATk$xjx^X4admsd*)=?utf-8?q?IZz=3A=5FkT=0A=09=7CurITP!=2E?=)L`*)Vw@4\@6>#r;3xSPW`,~C9vb`W/s]}Gq]b!o_/+(lJ:b)=?utf-8?q?T0=26KCLMGvG=7CS=5E=0A=09z=7B=5C=2E7EtehxhFQE=27eYSsir/=7CtQ?= =?utf-8?q?j=23rWQe4o?=>WC>_R Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2195 Lines: 61 --nextPart1932686.VRHgXILVRu Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Op donderdag 23 maart 2006 08:04, schreef Con Kolivas: > On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 03:53 pm, Andrew Morton wrote: > > A look at the -mm lineup for 2.6.17: > > > > mm-implement-swap-prefetching.patch > > mm-implement-swap-prefetching-fix.patch > > mm-implement-swap-prefetching-tweaks.patch > > > > Still don't have a compelling argument for this, IMO. well, the reason i use it is my computer is much more reactive in the morni= ng.=20 linux uses to get very slow after a night of not-doing-much except some=20 'sleep 5h && blabla' and cron stuff. in the morning it takes a few HOURS to= =20 get up and running smoothly. with swap prefetch, it actually feels faster=20 compared to a fresh boot. now you can force swap prefetch to start working,= i=20 use it now and then after some heavy taskts which pulled everything to swap. > For those users who feel they do have a compelling argument for it, please > speak now or I'll end up maintaining this in -ck only forever. I've come > to depend on it with my workloads now so I'm never dropping it. There's no > point me explaining how it is useful yet again, though, because I just end > up looking like I'm handwaving. It seems a shame for it not to be availab= le > to all linux users. > > Cheers, > Con > _______________________________________________ > http://ck.kolivas.org/faqs/replying-to-mailing-list.txt > ck mailing list - mailto: ck@vds.kolivas.org > http://vds.kolivas.org/mailman/listinfo/ck =2D-=20 You will gain money by a fattening action. --nextPart1932686.VRHgXILVRu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBEIlX1+wgQ1AD35iwRArtqAKDQX5JV1yZvop64w1mvPJy7pAvF3ACfTSZr v2W2r8ndSrHfPQZxsoJH6dI= =zF0t -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1932686.VRHgXILVRu-- - 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/