Re: [PATCH] Recent VM fiasco - fixed

Zlatko Calusic
2000-05-08T18:53:31Z

Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br> writes:

> 20MB and 24MB machines will be in the same situation, if
> that's of any help to you ;)
>

Yes, you are right. And thanks for that tip (booting with mem=24m)
because that will be my first test case later tonight.

> > But after few hours spent dealing with the horrible VM that is
> > in the pre6, I'm not scared anymore. And I think that solution
> > to all our problems with zone balancing must be very simple.
>
> It is. Linus is working on a conservative & simple solution
> while I'm trying a bit more "far-out" code (active and inactive
> list a'la BSD, etc...). We should have at least one good VM
> subsystem within the next few weeks ;)
>

Nice. I'm also in favour of some kind of active/inactive list
solution (looks promising), but that is probably 2.5.x stuff.

I would be happy to see 2.4 out ASAP. Later, when it stabilizes, we
will have lots of fun in 2.5, that's for sure.

Regards,
--
Zlatko