From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <39B1B3F1.B228FABA@timpanogas.com> Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 20:14:09 -0600 From: "Jeff V. Merkey" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Rik van Riel's VM patch References: <200009030010.RAA01038@gnuppy.monkey.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Bill Huey Cc: John Levon , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Someone tell Rik to get his hands on a copy of AIMS-7 and start benchmarking his VM so when the SCO Unix numbers hit the street, we've got a rebuttal and fix dates to tell folks. :-) Jeff Bill Huey wrote: > > John, > > > Hi, this is just a short no-statistics testimony that Rik's VM patch > > to test8-pre1 seems much improved over test7. I have a UP P200 with 40Mb, > > and previously running KDE2 + mozilla was totally unusable. > > > With the patch, things run much more smoothly. Interactive feel seems > > better, and I don't have "swapping holidays" any more. > > > Heavily stressing it by g++ is better as well... > > > > just a data point, > > john > > Yes, it kicks butt and it finally (just about) removes the final > Linux kernel showstopper for recent kernels. ;-) > > I did a GNOME + KDE2 + c++ compile since I've been doing port work > and I have similar experiences. > > bill > > - > 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/ -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/