From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 16 Sep 2001 15:39:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 16 Sep 2001 15:39:35 -0400 Received: from neon-gw-l3.transmeta.com ([63.209.4.196]:43525 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 16 Sep 2001 15:39:25 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds) Subject: Re: broken VM in 2.4.10-pre9 Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 19:38:45 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Transmeta Corporation Message-ID: <9o2v45$87o$1@penguin.transmeta.com> In-Reply-To: <20010916094759.A14053@peach.zawodny.com> X-Trace: palladium.transmeta.com 1000669174 4721 127.0.0.1 (16 Sep 2001 19:39:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@transmeta.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 16 Sep 2001 19:39:34 GMT Cache-Post-Path: palladium.transmeta.com!unknown@penguin.transmeta.com X-Cache: nntpcache 2.4.0b5 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article , Alan Cox wrote: >> Yep, that was me. It was frustrating to have to double the RAM in the >> machine and then turn off swap. The extra RAM did help, but it really >> only delayed the problem. > >That shouldnt be needed with at least the later -ac kernels - nor is the >swap > twice ram rule present in those Nor has it been present in the standard kernels since 2.4.8. Linus