Re: [uClinux-dev] Re: [PATCH] NOMMU: Pages allocated to a ramfs inode's pagecache may get wrongly discarded

From: Jamie Lokier
Date: Thu Mar 12 2009 - 13:57:16 EST


Robin Getz wrote:
> > Currently, CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU can't use on nommu machine
> > because nobody of vmscan folk havbe nommu machine.
> >
> > Yes, it is very stupid reason. _very_ welcome to tester! :)
>
> As always - if you (or any kernel developer) would like a noMMU machine to
> test on - please send me a private email.

Well, that explains why vmscan has historically performed a little
dubiously on small nommu machines!

By the way, this is just a random side thought... nommu kernels work
just fine in emulators :-)

-- Jamie
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