Re: Kernel 2.6.0-test2 vs 2.2.12 -- Some observations

From: Andrew Morton (akpm@osdl.org)
Date: Thu Aug 07 2003 - 12:34:13 EST


"J.C. Wren" <jcwren@jcwren.com> wrote:
>
> Interactive performance is an atrocity with 2.6.0-test2. Something as simple
> as backspacing though a command line can cause overrun errors. Whereas
> before zmodeming a file down was not an issue with 2.2.12 (this, in fact, is
> how software is applied to the CF card), it fails completely under
> 2.6.0-test2.

It sounds like something is spinning in-kernel.

What do `free' and `cat /proc/meminfo' and `top' say?

The next step would be to generate a kernel profile.
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