Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 26 Nov 2000 14:30:59 +0100 | From | Ingo Oeser <> | Subject | readonly /proc/sys/vm/freepages (was: Re: PROBLEM: crashing kernels) |
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On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 10:49:50AM +1100, Andrew Morton wrote: > You may also get some benefit from running: > > # echo "512 1024 1536" > /proc/sys/vm/freepages > > after booting.
... which is a NOOP on recent 2.4.0-testX-kernels. So please complain at Rik for this (CC'ed him) ;-)
It's simply not that easy to set in the new VM since we count the inactive_clean and/or inactive_dirty pages like free pages in some cases.
> The default values are a little too low for > applications which are very network intensive.
Especially for low memory machines, which are dedicated only for this purpose. Many people use (embedded) Linux and a (embedded) PC to cheaply fill functionality gaps in industrial environments.
Regards
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