Re: 2.6.2-mm1 aka "Geriatric Wombat"
From: Nikita Danilov
Date: Thu Feb 05 2004 - 04:56:37 EST
Andrew Morton writes:
>
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.2/2.6.2-mm1/
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>
> - Merged some page reclaim fixes from Nick and Nikita. These yield some
> performance improvements in low memory and heavy paging situations.
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>From Jargon File (4.3.0, 30 APR 2001) [jargon]:
WOMBAT /wom'bat/ adj. [acronym: Waste Of Money, Brains, And Time]
Applied to problems which are both profoundly {uninteresting} in
themselves and unlikely to benefit anyone interesting even if solved.
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A reference to the "VM replacement research was finished in 60s", I
presume.
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> - Various random fixes.
Nikita.
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