Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:51:35 -0500 From: "Peter Fraser" <petros.fraser@gmail.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org. Subject: Re: Virtual memory consumption (both user and kernel) in modern CURRENT Message-ID: <aa2cc130602240551n24a8252fub0475402051464cf@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060223205739.P33959@fledge.watson.org> References: <aa2cc130602231241u15e464bcu848a4aef2998c50f@mail.gmail.com> <20060223205739.P33959@fledge.watson.org>
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On 2/23/06, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Peter Fraser wrote: > > > It's truly a ptiy that so serious a thing is an issue so near to a > release. > > I agree that users should be given a choice especially since some of us > run > > non-threaded apps that spawn a number of processes. From what I have > read, > > wouldn't a squid + squidguard combination rely much more heavily on swa= p > > now. If so, I think I will also stick with the 5 series and 6.0 in my > > environment. > > If I read your e-mail right, you're referring to reported issues regardin= g > the > new user space malloc implementation in 7.x. However, the 7.0 release is > still well over a year away. The new malloc implementation is not presen= t > in > 6.x, and I wouldn't expect a merge to the 6.x branch any time soon, if > ever. > Unless you were planning to run 7.x in production in the next year, > something > I generally wouldn't recommend without very careful consideration, I'm no= t > sure how this affects your decision regarding FreeBSD versions to run -- > neither of the upcoming FreeBSD 5.5 or FreeBSD 6.1 releases would be > affected > in any way. Perhaps there has been a misunderstanding? > > Robert N M Watson Thanks for the clarification. I was under the impression from a previous post that this would be inplemented in the new 6.1 release. Apparently I misread. I can now breathe a sigh of relief and migrate to 6.1 when released. Thanks again. PeterF
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