Re: "Cached" grows and grows and grows...

From: Bob McElrath (mcelrath@draal.physics.wisc.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 07 2001 - 17:24:33 EST

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Alan Cox [alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk] wrote:
> > To tell you the honest truth: you are not alone in cosmos (with this problem)
> > ;-)
> > To give you that explicit hint for saving money: do not buy mem, it will be
> > eaten up by recent kernels without any performance gain or other positive
> > impact whatsoever.
>
> Pick up a 2.4.9-ac kernel, and you shouldnt be seeing the problem (I say
> shouldnt, I'm not 100% convinced its all under control)

Hmmm...that will make my kernel 2.4.10pre4aa1acX-xfs. Ack! ;)

Maybe I can wait 'til 2.4.10. Then it will only be 2.4.10aa1acX-xfs.
;)

Cheers,
-- Bob

Bob McElrath (rsmcelrath@students.wisc.edu)
Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison, Department of Physics

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