Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 20:40:59 +0100 From: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@panke.de.freebsd.org> To: dg@root.com, "William S. Duncanson" <caesar@starkreality.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Err...something fishy going on in top. Message-ID: <19981103204058.A10945@panke.de.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199811030905.BAA13428@implode.root.com>; from David Greenman on Tue, Nov 03, 1998 at 01:05:58AM -0800 References: <4.1.19981102235947.052f0100@fire.starkreality.com> <199811030905.BAA13428@implode.root.com>
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On 1998-11-03 01:05:58 -0800, David Greenman wrote: > between depending on their priority. A change was made recently so that > cached file pages are always put onto the inactive queue rather than just > some of the time (they previously would also be put onto the cache queue). > This actually improves performance because it keeps the pages better LRU > sorted. When memory becomes short, the pagedaemon will move the pages to > the cache queue (and then to the free queue) as needed. This will not > significantly increase CPU usage and will increase overall system > performance by a measurable amount. Make world is now a little bit faster on my machine, from in average 95 min real time down to 93 min real time. user and system time did not changed. Wolfram To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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