Re: 2.1.91 swap performance: jerky.

George Bonser (grep@oriole.sbay.org)
Fri, 27 Mar 1998 23:13:02 -0800 (PST)


FWIW, I have an extra 486 w/16MB currently running 2.1.90 that I will
patch to .91 and test against 2.0.32. Will report the results to
linux-kernel.

Will compile 2.1.91 using both kernels.

On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> Just out of interest, how much memory do you have? Also, can you give
> numbers for doing the same thing under 2.0.33 just to sanity-check (2.1.90
> was not necessarily very good in this regard, and getting better from bad
> is not something to be too proud of ;)?
>
> > Linux compile on 166 MHz dual Pentium SMP Linux 2.1.91
> > Buslogic SCSI
> >
> > Total time: ~14 minutes
> >
> > Booting 2.1.90 from a floppy, same kernel, takes ~20 minutes.
>
> Same questions, if at all possible..
>
> Linus
>
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