Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 27 Apr 1998 17:47:00 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: 2.1.98 also corrosive |
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On Sat, 25 Apr 1998, Bill Metzenthen wrote:
> Linus wrote (in "Linux-2.1.98.."): > > - memory management especially on small-memory machines. I think I made a > > good change to the allocation logic, and I'm hoping it will fix the bad > > bahevaiour on those wimpy machines that all you losers out there are > > using that have less than half a Gig of RAM. It certainly still works > > fine on my machine, and I'm certainly still too lazy to test it out on > > anything smaller. > > Makes me feel ashamed to admit that I only have 8 Mbyte... it seems > like only yesterday that it was a big advance when I upgraded from 4 > Mbyte and a 386... I promise to upgrade RSN, perhaps if I get a job...
No, Linux is supposed to run everywhere, so we'll do all we can to support your machine too... I know I will, and I'll try to push/force every possible patch into the mainstream kernel if it's needed to support small-mem machines and it doesn't hurt large boxes.
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