From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 06:05:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 06:05:25 -0400 Received: from turnover.lancs.ac.uk ([148.88.17.220]:39933 "EHLO helium.chromatix.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 06:05:10 -0400 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20010606102514.E15199@dev.sportingbet.com> In-Reply-To: <991818989.30690.2.camel@nomade>; from xavier.bestel@free.fr on Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 11:16:27AM +0200 <3B1D5ADE.7FA50CD0@illusionary.com> <3B1D927E.1B2EBE76@uow.edu.au> <20010605231908.A10520@illusionary.com> <991815578.30689.1.camel@nomade> <20010606095431.C15199@dev.sportingbet.com> <991818989.30690.2.camel@nomade> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 11:04:22 +0100 To: Sean Hunter , Xavier Bestel From: Jonathan Morton Subject: Re: Break 2.4 VM in five easy steps Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >I am waiting patiently for the bug to be fixed. However, it is a real >embarrasment that we can't run this "stable" kernel in production yet >because somethign as fundamental as this is so badly broken. Rest assured that a fix is in the works. I'm already seeing a big improvement in behaviour on my Athlon (256Mb RAM, but testing using mem=32M and mem=48M), and I strongly believe that we're making progress here. Maybe some of the more significant improvements will find their way into 2.4.6. -------------------------------------------------------------- from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton mail: chromi@cyberspace.org (not for attachments) big-mail: chromatix@penguinpowered.com uni-mail: j.d.morton@lancaster.ac.uk The key to knowledge is not to rely on people to teach you it. Get VNC Server for Macintosh from http://www.chromatix.uklinux.net/vnc/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version 3.12 GCS$/E/S dpu(!) s:- a20 C+++ UL++ P L+++ E W+ N- o? K? w--- O-- M++$ V? PS PE- Y+ PGP++ t- 5- X- R !tv b++ DI+++ D G e+ h+ r++ y+(*) -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK-----