From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261551AbULTPxF (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Dec 2004 10:53:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261547AbULTPwj (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Dec 2004 10:52:39 -0500 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:28141 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261540AbULTPwd (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Dec 2004 10:52:33 -0500 Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.9-ac16 From: Alan Cox To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: LKML In-Reply-To: References: <41C2FF09.5020005@tebibyte.org> <1103222616.21920.12.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1103349675.27708.39.camel@tglx.tec.linutronix.de> <41C448BB.1020902@tmr.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1103554123.30268.19.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 14:48:46 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sad, 2004-12-18 at 15:06, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >> Andrea's fix and the selection changes should go into 2.6.10, but I > >> suspect that the VM gurus havent still reached a point, where they > >> agree. I also have the feeling that the problem is partially ignored. > >> Obviously has everybody plenty of memory in his boxes. > > Well you can always take out your VMware and cut it down to MB by > hand, just to get an experience how "low-end" users feel. Or boot with mem=. I actually do test runs with -ac on a 128Mb box with about 16Mb of that stolen as video ram. 2.6.9 isn't behaving perfectly but seems reasonably ok for most loads except brokenoffice