Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 May 2002 11:38:23 -0700 | From | "Martin J. Bligh" <> | Subject | Re: Have the 2.4 kernel memory management problems on large machines been fixed? |
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> Fixing the application to use clone() not 4000 individual sets of page > tables might not be a bad plan either.
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> Do each of your tasks map the stuff at the same address. If you are > assuming this how do you plan to handle the person who doesn't. You won't > be able to share page tables then ?
I think so. They're also hardlocked in memory which makes life easier.
> Can you even make that work -before- the customers have all upgraded > anyway ?
Given that we're selling a new line of machines based on this now, I'd guess it'll be 5 years before they're all upgraded. On the other hand, I think they'll lynch us if Linux doesn't work properly on these type of machines within the next year ;-) But, yes, I still think it's worth it. Hammer is a great promise, but it's just not here right now, and I don't think we'll have production level 8-way and 16-way machines for at least a year ...
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