The problem is the same as the original post: something bad happens, swap gets used or over-used, and the machine locks. Without even a warning message. BSD-derived OS's running on the very same commodity Intel hardware dont have that problem. Why does linux?
On Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 9:20 AM Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > I guess Im not the only crank with antique hardware. One of my few > unending > > beefs with the linux kernel is swap behavior. Everyone knows what it's > for > > and how it "works". But even glancing thru the code doesn't explain its > > real-time run-time behavior. In contrast, the last time I had swap issues > > like that on a BSD-line unix OS was 35 years ago (on DEC hardware ;-) > Same > > thing with commercial Solaris, HP/UX, AIX. What is the linux kernel doing > > wrong? > > > > Want to start a new thread and explain what the problem is? > > -dsr- >
