On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 12:37:14PM -0500, Derek Glidden wrote:
>
> I've been harping on the 2.4 kernel's VM problems for some time now.
> (Even to the extent of bending Maddog's ear at Chilis after the last CTS
> Expo about some of the problems I'd been having.)
>
> Slashdot pointed to a nice article on Byte magazine outlining some of
> the problems:
>
> http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1436/byt20011024s0002/1029_moshe.html
>
> Of course even better are the names in the commentary in the source code
> about halfway down the page used to bring a Linux 2.4 box dragging to a
> halt... :)
>
Let's see.... That's probably 3 minutes and 45 seconds of fame-- you've
still got a LOT more fame to come! ;-}
Seriously, I just went to RH7.2, and noticed an incredible difference in
speed (as in much S-L-O-W-E-R). It's the 2.4.7 kernel, and I was on
2.2.x before. I do hope Alan quits being contrary about this. It's not
the only recent issue where he and Linus have differed significantly,
resulting in an effective fork. Of course, this assumes that the 2.4.10
VM is as good as it's purported to be.
Paul
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