From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 14:43:38 -0300 (BRST) From: Rik van Riel Reply-To: riel@nl.linux.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Recent VM fiasco - fixed In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-ID: Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Zlatko Calusic Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, Linus Torvalds List-ID: On 8 May 2000, Zlatko Calusic wrote: > BTW, this patch mostly *removes* cruft recently added, and > returns to the known state of operation. Which doesn't work. Think of a 1GB machine which has a 16MB DMA zone, a 950MB normal zone and a very small HIGHMEM zone. With the old VM code the HIGHMEM zone would be swapping like mad while the other two zones are idle. It's Not That Kind Of Party(tm) cheers, Rik -- The Internet is not a network of computers. It is a network of people. That is its real strength. Wanna talk about the kernel? irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies http://www.conectiva.com/ http://www.surriel.com/ -- 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/