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Subject: Re: [2.4.17/18pre] VM and swap - it's really unusable
To: andihartmann@freenet.de (Andreas Hartmann)
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 00:30:51 +0000 (GMT)
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> 	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!
> The performance of kernel 2.4.18pre1 is very poor, which is no surprise, 
> because the machine swaps nearly nonstop.

Does the 2.4.9 Red Hat kernel (if yoiu are using RH) or 2.4.12-ac8 show the 
same problem ?
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