From owner-freebsd-current Tue Jan 12 09:40:59 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA16716 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 09:40:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (sj-dsl-9-129-138.dspeed.net [209.249.129.138]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA16711 for ; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 09:40:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (localhost.star-gate.com [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA40015; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 09:38:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Message-Id: <199901121738.JAA40015@rah.star-gate.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: tom@tomqnx.com (Tom Torrance at home) cc: culverk@wam.umd.edu (Kenneth Wayne Culver), current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SOFTUPDATES question In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 12 Jan 1999 07:16:16 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 09:38:19 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > hand wants its data written immediately to free up the associated memory. > I have a feeling that the softupdates usage would actually increase > memory usage, thereby increasing the swap file utilization - a vicious > circle. > > Anyone else have a better feel for this? > soft updates eats up kernel memory . Cheers, Amancio To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message