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Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 18:32:12 -0200 (BRST)
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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To: Andreas Hartmann <andihartmann@freenet.de>
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Subject: Re: [2.4.17/18pre] VM and swap - it's really unusable
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On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Andreas Hartmann wrote:

> 	Fix the VM-management in kernel 2.4.x. It's unusable. Believe
> 	me! As comparison: kernel 2.2.19 didn't need nearly any swap for
> 	the same operation!

If you feel adventurous you can try my rmap based
VM, the latest version is on:

	http://surriel.com/patches/2.4/2.4.17-rmap-8

This VM should behave a bit better (it does on my machines),
but isn't yet bug-free enough to be used on production machines.
Also, the changes it introduces are, IMHO, too big for a stable
kernel series ;)

regards,

Rik
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