Re: objrmap and vmtruncate

John Bradford
2003-04-22T17:45:10Z

> > make almost zero noticeable difference on a 768 MB system - i have a 768
> > MB system. Whether 1MB of extra RAM to a 128 MB system will make more of a
> > difference than a predictable VM - i dont know, it probably depends on the
> > app, but i'd go for more RAM. But it will make a _hell_ of a difference on
> > a 1 TB RAM 64-bit system where the sharing factor explodes. And that's
> > where Linux usage we will be by the time 2.6 based systems go production.

> You obviously have a somewhat different timeline in mind for 2.6 than the
> rest of us ;-)

It's certainly where Linux usage will be before 2.8 is ready.

(and anyway, I'm sure there's a subsystem that we haven't _yet_
re-written during the feature freeze... :-) )

John.