From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 08:02:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 08:02:25 -0500 Received: from alex.intersurf.net ([216.115.129.11]:61710 "HELO alex.intersurf.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 08:02:12 -0500 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.7 on Linux X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 07:02:11 -0600 (CST) Reply-To: Mark Orr From: Mark Orr To: Marcelo Tosatti Subject: Re: 2.4.0-ac9 works, but slower and swappier Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 15-Jan-2001 Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Mark Orr wrote: >> I've been running 2.4.0-ac9 for a day and a half now. >> >> I have pretty low-end hardware (Pentium 1/ 100MHz, 16Mb RAM, >> 17Mb swap) and it really seems to bog down with anything >> heavy in memory. Netscape seems to really drag, and any >> Java applets I encounter positively crawl -- you can see >> the individual widgets being drawn. > > Could you please try this patch: > > http://bazar.conectiva.com.br/~marcelo/patches/v2.4/2.4.1pre3/try_to_free_page > s-3.patch > and report results? Yeah, I just applied the patch and recompiled. Yes, it fixed it, pretty decisively too. P100/16Mb RAM/17Mb swap -- run Netscape 3.04, and start some large Java applet -- like a Java-based game or Yahoo Chat or some such. ...on 240-ac4, it works okay. On 240-ac9, the disk grinds away, and it's so slow you can see individual widgets being drawn. With this patch, it's pretty much back to the way it was in -ac4, maybe a little better. thanx. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/