> On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
>
> >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.
total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
Mem: 130719744 14438400 116281344 7385088 3149824 4653056
Swap: 131600384 0 131600384
MemTotal: 127656 kB
MemFree: 113556 kB
MemShared: 7212 kB
Buffers: 3076 kB
Cached: 4544 kB
SwapTotal: 128516 kB
SwapFree: 128516 kB
>
> I have not seen the original email from Richard, but Richard did you seen
> my email with the VM patch that I am using all the time and that I have
> suggested to use with 2.1.123 to people that would see performance drop?
>
I have not seen the patch although I have read email on this subject.
If it patches cleanly on 2.1.123, I'll be glad to try it and report.
I made a program to compile the kernel many times in a loop to get
some numbers.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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