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SubjectRe: 2.2.x kernels and low memory levels
Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
>Hi,
>
>2.2 seems to make better use of the available free memory, but it uses
>up more non-swappable memory for internal use. It depends on the
>workload which effect will dominate, but if you really really need
>the most possible free physical memory then 2.0 will likely be better.
>Note that even on 4MB 2.2 may well be faster since it is so much more
>efficient at paging and swapping (I've had reports of 2.2 being 300%
>or more faster than 2.0.36 on 4MB boxes).

What about embedded systems, without swap but with a PCMCIA flash file
system the system boots from, what would you think about that, is 2.2
or 2.0.36 better?

And while on the subject, do you think it would be a good idea to try
to strip out the swap code from the kernel, to reduce its memory
footprint or would that be a waste of time (I suppose it would break
demand loading of binaries/libraries, which would be a big loss).

/Christer

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