Re: [2.4.17/18pre] VM and swap - it's really unusable

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Sun Jan 13 2002 - 16:11:59 EST


> I don't doubt that, but would you seriously consider the ll patch for
> inclusion into the main kernel?

The mini ll patch definitely. The full ll one needs some head scratching to
be sure its correct. pre-empt is a 2.5 thing which in some ways is easier
because it doesnt matter if it breaks something.

> Please let me rephrase, I just don't expect terrible good latency
> numbers with non dma hardware.

Expect the same with DMA hardware too at times.
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