From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
To: "André Dahlqvist" <andre.dahlqvist@telia.com>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: The cause of the "VM" performance problem with 2.4.X
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 10:49:58 -0300 (BRST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33L.0108291049220.27250-100000@imladris.rielhome.conectiva> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010828212937.B644@telia.com>
On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, André Dahlqvist wrote:
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> wrote:
>
> > Note that the real fix is to make the block devices use the page cache.
> > Andrea has patches, but it's a 2.5.x thing.
>
> Linus, could you please make a statement when 2.5.x is likely to start?
> A lot of people wonder this and we all know you have some sort of plan
> laid out. Tell us about it:-)
2.4.8-pre* seems to have been the turning point where
experimental stuff started getting introduced ;)
Rik
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-29 13:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-28 17:35 The cause of the "VM" performance problem with 2.4.X Van Maren, Kevin
2001-08-28 18:52 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-28 19:29 ` André Dahlqvist
2001-08-29 13:49 ` Rik van Riel [this message]
2001-08-29 8:22 ` Jens Axboe
2001-08-29 8:25 ` Jens Axboe
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2001-08-23 17:26 Van Maren, Kevin
2001-08-23 17:06 Van Maren, Kevin
2001-08-23 17:18 ` Andrew Morton
2001-08-23 1:48 Van Maren, Kevin
2001-08-23 16:33 ` Andrew Morton
2001-08-22 22:23 Van Maren, Kevin
2001-08-22 5:31 Van Maren, Kevin
2001-08-22 20:19 ` Andrew Morton
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