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Subject: Re: [2.4.17/18pre] VM and swap - it's really unusable
To: phillips@bonn-fries.net (Daniel Phillips)
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 17:42:03 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: davidsen@tmr.com (Bill Davidsen), andrea@suse.de (Andrea Arcangeli),
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> > stays on.  That's another problem, and I did play with some patches this
> > weekend without making myself really happy :-( Another topic,
> > unfortunately.
> 
> Patience, the problem is understood and there will be a fix in the 2.5 
> timeframe.

Without a fix in the 2.4 timeframe everyone has to run 2.2. That strikes
me as decidedly non optimal. If you are having VM problems try both the
Andrea -aa and the Rik rmap-11b patches (*not together*) and report back
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