Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 06 Jun 2001 14:47:22 -0400 | | From | Derek Glidden <> | | Subject | Re: Break 2.4 VM in five easy steps |
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"Eric W. Biederman" wrote: > > > Or are you saying that if someone is unhappy with a particular > > situation, they should just keep their mouth shut and accept it? > > It's worth complaining about. It is also worth digging into and find > out what the real problem is. I have a hunch that this hole > conversation on swap sizes being irritating is hiding the real > problem.
I totally agree with this, and want to reiterate that the original problem I posted has /nothing/ to do with the "swap == 2*RAM" issue.
The problem I reported is not that 2.4 uses huge amounts of swap but that trying to recover that swap off of disk under 2.4 can leave the machine in an entirely unresponsive state, while 2.2 handles identical situations gracefully.
I'm annoyed by 2.4's "requirement" of too much swap, but I consider that less a bug and more a severe design flaw.
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