From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263061AbTJOMnR (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Oct 2003 08:43:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263069AbTJOMnR (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Oct 2003 08:43:17 -0400 Received: from dvmwest.gt.owl.de ([62.52.24.140]:41684 "EHLO dvmwest.gt.owl.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263061AbTJOMnP (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Oct 2003 08:43:15 -0400 Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 14:43:14 +0200 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Unbloating the kernel, was: :mem=16MB laptop testing Message-ID: <20031015124314.GD20846@lug-owl.de> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200310141733.h9EHXnYg002262@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qBQybEWmAN81Rzrq" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200310141733.h9EHXnYg002262@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> X-Operating-System: Linux mail 2.4.18 X-gpg-fingerprint: 250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 8399 E1BB X-gpg-key: wwwkeys.de.pgp.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --qBQybEWmAN81Rzrq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2003-10-14 18:33:49 +0100, John Bradford wrote in message <200310141733.h9EHXnYg002262@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk>: > No, 2.6 should run on a 4MB 386 with no significant performance > penalty against 2.0, in my opinion. Achtually, with HZ at around 100 (or oven 70..80), an old i386 or i486 will *start* just fine, at least at 8MB. However, over some days / weeks, the machine gets slower and slower (my testdrive: my 90MHz P-Classic with 16MB). Even with that "much" RAM, I get hit by whatever slows down the machine. I *think* that it's the MM subsystem, but I'm really not skilled enough with it to blame it:) MfG, JBG --=20 Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier B=FCrger" | im Internet! | im Ira= k! ret =3D do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TC= PA)); --qBQybEWmAN81Rzrq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/jUDiHb1edYOZ4bsRAiMZAJ0RFPrvsIKh006gwpS4Ie0iZ91yMwCfT+/s qUBiEsktxe3HRNRX2dUg3ro= =pPUi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qBQybEWmAN81Rzrq--