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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fyionline.com!op.net!candle.pha.pa.us!not-for-mail From: root@candle.pha.pa.us (Bruce Momjian) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: BSDI 2.0.1 swapspace leak fix? Date: 12 Dec 1995 20:34:39 GMT Organization: a consultant's basement Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4akp0v$42h@picasso.op.net> References: <4a0hk0$20d@news2.ucsd.edu> <4aa9mf$6pr@picasso.op.net> <4aaehi$eav@moon.igcom.net> <4afu71$ai@picasso.op.net> <4akj9p$5m2@helena.MT.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: s1-03.ppp.op.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950726BETA PL0] Nate Williams (nate@trout.sri.MT.net) wrote: : It is fixed in FreeBSD by completely re-writing the VM system from : scratch. Along with this a whole hoard of bugs were fixed when the VM : buffer cache and free memory pool became integrated as well. I/O : performance of FreeBSD systems really scream now. :) Oooh, unified buffer cache. I am impressed. I asked about this for the next BSDI release, and they said no. Oh, well, I guess I can't have everything. -- Bruce Momjian | 830 Blythe Avenue root@candle.pha.pa.us | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 + If your life is a hard drive, | (610) 353-9879(w) + Christ can be your backup. | (610) 853-3000(h)