Re: 2.1.123 (Possibly slower)

Stephen C. Tweedie (sct@redhat.com)
Thu, 1 Oct 1998 14:20:29 +0100


Hi,

On Mon, 28 Sep 1998 18:08:40 -0400 (EDT), "Richard B. Johnson"
<root@chaos.analogic.com> said:

> It looks as though version 2.1.123 is somewhat slower than usual.
> Build using a linux-2.1.108 kernel

There were a number of VM changes in 2.1.110 and .111. When did you
start to observe the performance change, and how much memory do you
have? The new VM parameters work significantly better for most people,
and (more importantly) they have much better worst-case behaviour.

Cheers,
Stephen

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