From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 05:20:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 05:20:05 -0400 Received: from AMontpellier-201-1-3-224.abo.wanadoo.fr ([193.252.1.224]:36857 "EHLO microsoft.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 05:19:56 -0400 Subject: Re: Break 2.4 VM in five easy steps From: Xavier Bestel To: Sean Hunter Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20010606095431.C15199@dev.sportingbet.com> In-Reply-To: <3B1D5ADE.7FA50CD0@illusionary.com> <3B1D927E.1B2EBE76@uow.edu.au> <20010605231908.A10520@illusionary.com> <991815578.30689.1.camel@nomade> <20010606095431.C15199@dev.sportingbet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/0.10 (Preview Release) Date: 06 Jun 2001 11:16:27 +0200 Message-Id: <991818989.30690.2.camel@nomade> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 06 Jun 2001 09:54:31 +0100, Sean Hunter wrote: > > This is what Linus recommended for 2.4 (swap = 2 * RAM), saying that > > anything less won't do any good: 2.4 overallocates swap even if it > > doesn't use it all. So in your case you just have enough swap to map > > your RAM, and nothing to really swap your apps. > > > > For large memory boxes, this is ridiculous. Should I have 8GB of swap? Life is tough. If guess if you have 4GB RAM, you'd be better having no swap at all. Or, yes, at least 8GB. Or just wait for this bug to be fixed. But be patient. Xav