Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 2 Sep 2000 20:28:43 -0400 (EDT) | From | Byron Stanoszek <> |
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On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, Bill Huey wrote:
> > John, > > > Hi, this is just a short no-statistics testimony that Rik's VM patch > > to test8-pre1 seems much improved over test7. I have a UP P200 with 40Mb, > > and previously running KDE2 + mozilla was totally unusable. > > > With the patch, things run much more smoothly. Interactive feel seems > > better, and I don't have "swapping holidays" any more. > > > Heavily stressing it by g++ is better as well... > > > > just a data point, > > john > > Yes, it kicks butt and it finally (just about) removes the final > Linux kernel showstopper for recent kernels. ;-) > > I did a GNOME + KDE2 + c++ compile since I've been doing port work > and I have similar experiences. > > bill
This patch is plain awesome. It really sped up my 586 test machine (very noticible when compiling XFree86.. which knocked off about a half hour of compilation time), and there isn't a [noticable] memory leak like in the old VM system before.
Good work, Rik. Tell us when it's integrated into the kernel. :)
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