Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 05 Apr 2004 10:36:58 -0600 | From | Eric Whiting <> | Subject | -mmX 4G patches feedback |
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from: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.5/2.6.5-mm1/announce.txt
>- I've dropped the 4G/4G patch and the remap-file-pages-prot patch. Two > reasons: > > a) They create a lot of noise in areas where Hugh, Andrea and others > are working > > b) -mm has been a bit flakey for a few people lately and I suspect the > problems are related to early-startup changes in the 4:4 patch.
Andrew -- some data on the 4G/4G problems:
The following kernels with 4G/4G enabled would hang my box about once every 24 hours. 2.6.5-rc2-mm4 2.6.3-mm3
The 2.6.5-rc3-mm4 kernel with 4G/4G enabled has been much more stable (like earlier -mmX kernels with 4G/4G enabled).
The 4G/4G patch is still useful for me -- although 64bit linux (x86_64) is the best 'real' long-term solution to large memory jobs.
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