From: Eric Whiting <ewhiting@amis.com>
To: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: -mmX 4G patches feedback
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 10:36:58 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <40718B2A.967D9467@amis.com> (raw)
from:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.5/2.6.5-mm1/announce.txt
>- I've dropped the 4G/4G patch and the remap-file-pages-prot patch. Two
> reasons:
>
> a) They create a lot of noise in areas where Hugh, Andrea and others
> are working
>
> b) -mm has been a bit flakey for a few people lately and I suspect the
> problems are related to early-startup changes in the 4:4 patch.
Andrew -- some data on the 4G/4G problems:
The following kernels with 4G/4G enabled would hang my box about once every 24
hours.
2.6.5-rc2-mm4
2.6.3-mm3
The 2.6.5-rc3-mm4 kernel with 4G/4G enabled has been much more stable (like
earlier -mmX kernels with 4G/4G enabled).
The 4G/4G patch is still useful for me -- although 64bit linux (x86_64) is the
best 'real' long-term solution to large memory jobs.
eric
next reply other threads:[~2004-04-05 17:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-04-05 16:36 Eric Whiting [this message]
2004-04-05 17:46 ` -mmX 4G patches feedback Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-05 21:35 ` Eric Whiting
2004-04-05 22:16 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-06 11:55 ` -mmX 4G patches feedback [numbers: how much performance impact] Ingo Molnar
2004-04-06 14:49 ` Eric Whiting
2004-04-06 15:59 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-06 16:13 ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-04-06 16:39 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-06 17:24 ` Ingo Molnar
2004-04-06 17:57 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-07 22:54 ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-04-07 22:50 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-06 19:25 ` Ingo Molnar
2004-04-06 20:25 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-07 6:03 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-07 6:46 ` Ingo Molnar
2004-04-07 7:23 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-07 8:23 ` Ingo Molnar
2004-04-07 21:35 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-07 17:27 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-07 7:25 ` Ingo Molnar
2004-04-07 21:39 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-07 22:58 ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-04-07 23:01 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-07 23:21 ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-04-07 23:18 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-07 23:34 ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-04-08 0:18 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-08 6:24 ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-04-08 21:59 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-08 22:19 ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-04-08 22:19 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-08 23:14 ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-04-08 23:22 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-08 23:42 ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-04-08 23:49 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-07 21:19 ` -mmX 4G patches feedback Martin J. Bligh
2004-04-07 21:49 ` Andrea Arcangeli
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