Re: 2.1.91 swap performance: jerky.
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 30 Mar 1998 02:24:43 +0100 (BST)
> > Im running a mix of 4,8,16 and 32Mbyte boxes. On the two I've tested
> > (8 and 32Mb) 2.1.91 thrashes continually after a few minutes and then locks
> > up.
>
> Well, there must be a REAL difference between 32 and 40 and the swap you
> have, because i tried running X Windows, (4) xemacs, (2) sdldoom, (5)
> xterm, (2) top, kvt, ghostview, kfm, kdvi, pine and compiling 2.1.91 and
> the response time never was below 3secs, and generally between 1-2 with
> swapped out processes.
It seems to depend what I do with the bigger machines. Certain patterns
of use (modplayer especially) send it off into near oblivion. It also
shows no memory leaks when this occurs (that was assumption #1). On an
8Mb box its just comical.
> > o Modular printing seems broken
>
> It's not broken.. well, not totally :) You have to insert the modules by
> hand in the right order, otherwise it doesn't work.
Ahah..
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