Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Bad 1.3.95 interactive performance (fwd) | Date | Mon, 29 Apr 1996 10:26:43 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Matthias Sattler <> |
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Hiho
Recently I sent to the linux-kernel mailing list:
> > Hiho > > With 1.3.95 and some kernels before (i don't know exactly when it started) > I notice unnecessary heavy swapping activity when the system is up some time. > Here comes an example scenario: > - boot the computer > - login into X (via xdm). This first time everything looks normal. > - logout > - Let the machine alone for some hours (in my case it is usually > 12h) > with nothing running except the usual cronjobs. > - login again and be surprised of the time it takes to get the desktop > (can be several minutes) and the neverending swapping activity of your > harddisc. > > As long as the working set does not change everything is normal, but even > the smallest change results in heavy swapping (while the output of free > looks normal). > > > As nobody has written about this before, it seems that I'm the only one > having these problems. The only unusual detail of my configuration is that > I use the ncrBsd2Linux driver (version 1.8). > What can I do to fine out more about the nature of this problem (yes I will > try the normal ncr driver...) ? >
In fact I don't see the problems with the original ncr driver, so it is very likely that the bug is somewhere in the ncrBsd2Linux driver. Is there something I can do to find out more about the nature of this problem ?
Matthias
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