From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:26:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:26:08 -0400 Received: from prgy-npn1.prodigy.com ([207.115.54.37]:34820 "EHLO deathstar.prodigy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:25:54 -0400 Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:26:21 -0400 Message-Id: <200109281826.f8SIQLP06585@deathstar.prodigy.com> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-Also-Posted-To: linux.dev.kernel Subject: Re: 2.4.9-ac16 good perfomer? In-Reply-To: Distribution: local Organization: TMR Associates, Schenectady NY From: davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) Reply-To: davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test75 (Feb 13, 2001) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article , Rik van Riel wrote: | On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Thomas Hood wrote: | | > Either 2.4.9-ac16 has much improved VM performance over | > previous 2.4 kernels (under moderate load, at least), or someone | > sneaked in to my apartment last night and upgraded my machine | > while I was asleep. I'm leaning toward the latter explanation. | | Now that the -ac VM was stable for a few weeks, I thought | it might be time to sneak in some big performance changes, | finally. | | They seem to work ;) I have been playing with 2.4.9-ac16 and I note that on a small machine (without the highmem issues) it really seems much slower initially. After startx I pop up netscape for a test, and it takes almost 50% longer than 2.4.8-pre3 I've been running since it was new. After that it seems okay but not wildly better, my aim was to be able to use netscape and cdrecord and {anything_else} at the same time. I'm measuring some figures now, and I have to dig out the location of the preempt stuff and see if it's in already, or will slide in without breaking. My bookmarks are on backup while I use the 2nd drive for something else today :-( -- bill davidsen "If I were a diplomat, in the best case I'd go hungry. In the worst case, people would die." -- Robert Lipe