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Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 13:28:53 -0800
From: J Sloan <jjs@lexus.com>
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To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [2.4.17/18pre] VM and swap - it's really unusable
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Alan Cox wrote:

>>>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
>
Easiest is to grab 2.4.17 and apply 2.4.18pre2 and 2.4.18pre2-aa2 -

pre2-aa2 has all the fixes and tweaks I had been doing by hand.

cu

jjs

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