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?
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-