From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 14:30:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Subject: 2.4.0-t7p4-vmpatch2 results #1 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: linux-mm@kvack.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu List-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- The test system is a AMD K6/2 337 with 64megs of SDRAM. The kernel is Linux-2.4.0-test7pre4 w/ 2.4.0-t7p4-vmpatch2 + ReiserFS 3.6.12. The distribution is a more or less stock version of Mandrake cooker. GNOME startup time has significantly improved, from around 40 seconds to about 15. Also, the starting init -> GDM login prompt time appears to be about halved, although its really hard to tell without actually timing it. Once the system is up, responsiveness has improved, and thrashing has basically stopped except in the most ridiculous workloads (VMWare running FreeBSD in GNOME, for example). No memory leaks, deadlocks, or weird slowdowns have been observed, and from what I've seen system stability has defintely not taken a negative hit. It would be wonderful if these changes would make it in before 2.4.0, current/future Linux users would be much better off, and I really don't like patching my kernel ;) -Bodnar42 -- 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/