Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 1 Aug 2000 10:49:25 +0100 (BST) | From | Tigran Aivazian <> | Subject | Re: question about vm management |
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but maybe it is better to swap out the processes that are unlikely to run soon, whilst the buffers kept in the cache are likely to be needed soon?
Tigran
On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Andrew Lagun wrote:
> hello. > sorry for may be stupid question, but for me it's really interesting. > for instance if i have 64 mb of ram and 20mb used for buffer > cache(swap=0), when i try to load netscape instead of decreasing size of > buffer cache kernel > begin to use swap. I don't understand what is a reason for not > decreasing > size of buffer cache. > i hope somebody will answer :)) > thank u. > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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