Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Re[03]: Linux Kernel 2.2.20-pre10 Initial Impressions | Date | Sat, 22 Sep 2001 20:00:06 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Understood, but I actually took my 2.2.19 .config and ran "make > oldconfig", then "make xconfig" making no changes, just saved it
Excellent. That makes the data so much more valuable
> I am likely to do the benchmark tonight to get hard numbers on the > difference I sense. I am a QA/Testing Specialist, so I am all to > aware of the importance of keeping the variables all the same. My > initial background was with assembler back in the real core > memory/keypunch days where I disassembled and heavily modified the > OS, compiler, assembler, system utilities and wrote a new way to load > the OS, compilers, etc from scratch to a new disk. Ony advising you > so you have a sense of my mindset and level of understanding. Not > current with intimate x86 details or assembler, but will someday now > that "falt" memory is back! :)) > > I will let you know what I find. If in meantime you feel there are > other things needed or for me to check please let me know and I will > be most happy to assist.
I look forward to the results. Can you cc Andrea Arcangeli on them if they look VM related as Andrea is the 2.2.19 VM person (and now the 2.4.10pre one) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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