From: Nick Piggin <piggin@cyberone.com.au>
To: Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>
Cc: Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: Large slab cache in 2.6.1
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 17:01:47 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <403845CB.8040805@cyberone.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <40384325.1010802@matchmail.com>
Mike Fedyk wrote:
> Nick Piggin wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Mike Fedyk wrote:
>>
>>> What is the kernel parameter to disable highmem? I saw nohighio,
>>> but that's not it...
>>>
>>
>> Not sure. That defeats the purpose of trying to get your setup
>> working nicely though ;)
>>
>> Can you upgrade to 2.6.3-mm2? It would be ideal if you could
>> test this patch against that kernel due to the other VM changes.
>
>
> I can test on another machine, but it doesn't have as much memory, and
> I'd have to use highmem emulation.
>
Probably not worth the bother. It is easy enough for anyone to
test random things, but the reason your feedback is so important
is because you are actually *using* the system.
> I'd prefer to not have to restart this machine and put a test kernel
> on it.
>
Fair enough. Maybe if we can get enough testing, some of the mm
changes can get into 2.6.4? I'm sure Linus is turning pale, maybe
we'd better wait until 2.6.10 ;)
>>
>> Chris, could you test this too please? Thanks.
>
>
> Yes, Chris do you have any highmem machines where you can test this
> patch?
>
The system he's testing on has 1.5G too.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-02-22 6:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-02-22 0:50 Large slab cache in 2.6.1 Mike Fedyk
2004-02-22 1:09 ` Mike Fedyk
2004-02-22 1:20 ` William Lee Irwin III
2004-02-22 2:03 ` Mike Fedyk
2004-02-22 2:17 ` William Lee Irwin III
2004-02-22 2:38 ` Nick Piggin
2004-02-22 2:46 ` William Lee Irwin III
2004-02-22 2:40 ` Mike Fedyk
2004-02-22 2:58 ` Nick Piggin
2004-02-22 2:33 ` Nick Piggin
2004-02-22 2:46 ` Nick Piggin
2004-02-22 2:54 ` Nick Piggin
2004-02-22 2:36 ` Chris Wedgwood
2004-02-22 3:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-02-22 3:11 ` Chris Wedgwood
2004-02-22 3:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-02-22 3:29 ` Chris Wedgwood
2004-02-22 3:31 ` Chris Wedgwood
2004-02-22 4:01 ` Nick Piggin
2004-02-22 4:10 ` Nick Piggin
2004-02-22 4:30 ` Nick Piggin
2004-02-22 4:41 ` Mike Fedyk
2004-02-22 5:37 ` Nick Piggin
2004-02-22 5:44 ` Chris Wedgwood
2004-02-22 5:52 ` Nick Piggin
2004-02-22 5:50 ` Mike Fedyk
2004-02-22 6:01 ` Nick Piggin [this message]
2004-02-22 6:17 ` Andrew Morton
2004-02-22 6:35 ` Nick Piggin
2004-02-22 6:57 ` Andrew Morton
2004-02-22 7:20 ` Nick Piggin
2004-02-22 8:36 ` Chris Wedgwood
2004-02-22 9:13 ` Andrew Morton
2004-02-23 0:16 ` Nick Piggin
2004-02-23 0:26 ` Andrew Morton
2004-02-23 0:34 ` Nick Piggin
2004-02-23 0:46 ` Andrew Morton
2004-02-23 0:54 ` Nick Piggin
2004-02-23 1:00 ` Andrew Morton
2004-02-23 1:06 ` Nick Piggin
2004-02-22 6:45 ` Mike Fedyk
2004-02-22 6:58 ` Nick Piggin
2004-02-22 7:20 ` Mike Fedyk
2004-02-22 6:09 ` Andrew Morton
2004-02-22 17:05 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-02-23 0:29 ` Nick Piggin
2004-02-22 6:15 ` Andrew Morton
2004-02-22 16:08 ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-02-22 17:55 ` Jamie Lokier
2004-02-23 3:45 ` Mike Fedyk
2004-02-22 21:13 ` Dipankar Sarma
2004-02-22 14:03 ` Ed Tomlinson
2004-02-23 2:28 ` Mike Fedyk
2004-02-23 3:33 ` Ed Tomlinson
2004-02-22 3:21 ` Mike Fedyk
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2004-02-22 11:00 Manfred Spraul
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