Subject: Re: Fixing the swapper
To: NetBSD Mailing list <netbsd@mrynet.com>
From: Greg Ingram <ingram@symsys.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 06/24/1999 07:59:15
Hello Scott,
On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, NetBSD Mailing list wrote:
> > If someone feels for trying something:
> >
> > Remove insque() from mscp/mscp_subr.c
> > Remove remque() from mscp/mscp.c
> >
> > Recompile the kernel and see if the problem is still there.
>
> Ragge, This appears to have stabilised my uvII system.
> I've been loading it up as much as possible (L/A of 6 hits
> pretty quickly here, and is mostly crippling load), and I've
> managed to get 1.6mb swapped out and it's still going.
>
> Do you have any insight into what the issue was that caused the
> problem, and any concerns for having removed the calls from the
> mscp code?
>
> Thanks for the fix.
Could I get a copy of this kernel? I've seen these swap problems on my
uVAX II as well.
Thanks,
- Greg