From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 28 Aug 2001 15:29:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 28 Aug 2001 15:29:29 -0400 Received: from mailg.telia.com ([194.22.194.26]:31981 "EHLO mailg.telia.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 28 Aug 2001 15:29:12 -0400 Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 21:29:37 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9?= Dahlqvist To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: The cause of the "VM" performance problem with 2.4.X Message-ID: <20010828212937.B644@telia.com> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <245F259ABD41D511A07000D0B71C4CBA289F5F@us-slc-exch-3.slc.unisys.com> <200108281852.f7SIqos15325@penguin.transmeta.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <200108281852.f7SIqos15325@penguin.transmeta.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Linus Torvalds wrote: > Note that the real fix is to make the block devices use the page cache. > Andrea has patches, but it's a 2.5.x thing. Linus, could you please make a statement when 2.5.x is likely to start? A lot of people wonder this and we all know you have some sort of plan laid out. Tell us about it:-) -- André Dahlqvist