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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: jcwren@jcwren.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.0-test2 vs 2.2.12 -- Some observations
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:34:13 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030807103413.5625235e.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200308071323.44884.jcwren@jcwren.com>

"J.C. Wren" <jcwren@jcwren.com> wrote:
>
> Interactive performance is an atrocity with 2.6.0-test2.  Something as simple 
>  as backspacing though a command line can cause overrun errors.  Whereas 
>  before zmodeming a file down was not an issue with 2.2.12 (this, in fact, is 
>  how software is applied to the CF card), it fails completely under 
>  2.6.0-test2.

It sounds like something is spinning in-kernel.

What do `free' and `cat /proc/meminfo' and `top' say?

The next step would be to generate a kernel profile.

  reply	other threads:[~2003-08-07 17:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-08-06 14:38 Linux 2.4.22-pre10-ac1 DRI doesn't work with Mitch
2003-08-07 11:44 ` Alan Cox
2003-08-07 13:27   ` Marcelo Tosatti
2003-08-07 14:26     ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-08-07 14:27       ` Alan Cox
2003-08-07 14:47       ` Marcelo Tosatti
2003-08-07 15:37         ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-08-07 17:23       ` Kernel 2.6.0-test2 vs 2.2.12 -- Some observations J.C. Wren
2003-08-07 17:34         ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2003-08-07 18:44           ` J.C. Wren
2003-08-08 12:16         ` Alan Cox
2003-08-07 19:23     ` Linux 2.4.22-pre10-ac1 DRI doesn't work with Erik Andersen

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