Re: Linux 2.4.21-rc6

J.A. Magallon
2003-06-03T20:59:41Z

On 06.03, Anders Karlsson wrote:
> Good Evening,
>
> On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 18:03, Marc-Christian Petersen wrote:
> > On Tuesday 03 June 2003 18:59, Marc-Christian Petersen wrote:
> >
> > Hi again,
> >
> > > well, very easy one:
> > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/largefile bs=16384 count=131072
> > > then use your mouse, your apps, switch between them, use them, _w/o_
> > > pauses, delay, stops or kinda that. If _that_ will work flawlessly for
> > > everyone, then it is fixed, if not, it _needs_ to be fixed.
> > I forgot to mention. If you have more than 2GB free memory (the above one will
> > create a 2GB file), the test is useless.
> >
> > Have less memory free, so the machine will swap, doesn't matter if the same
> > disk or another or whatever!
>
> Would it count if I said I run 2.4.21-rc6-ac1 and had 768MB RAM, ended
> up using about 250MB swap and when I today suspended VMware and closed a
> few gnome-terminals, Galeon and Evolution, the mouse cursor would not
> move, then jump half way across the screen after a second, then 'stick'
> again before doing another jump.
>

One vote in the opposite sense (I know, nobody uses plain rc6 ???)
I am using a -jam kernel (-aa with some additional patches), and I did
not notice anything. Dual PII box with 900 Mb, as buffers were filling
memory, no stalls. Just a very small (less than half a second) jump in the
cursor under gnome when the memory got full, and then smooth again.
I use pointer-focus and was rapidly moving the pointer from window to
window to change focus and response was ok. Launching an aterm was instant.

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