netdev
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: Ethernet bridge performance

To: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Ethernet bridge performance
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 12:58:28 -0700
Cc: felix@xxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <3F32AD9D.4010504@candelatech.com>
References: <3F3217E7.2080903@allot.com> <3F3284EA.5050406@candelatech.com> <20030807123547.1dcf2353.davem@redhat.com> <3F32AD9D.4010504@candelatech.com>
Sender: netdev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx
On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 12:50:53 -0700
Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> David S. Miller wrote:
> > In 2.6.x, play with /proc/sys/vm/min_free_kbytes
> 
> Anything to set for 2.4?  I've looked for how to tune the 2.4 VM for
> some time, but never found anything.

Good question.  Nothing exists there.

The per-zone ->pages_min value is what is controlled by this
settting.  It should be easy to backport the 2.6.x sysctl to
2.4.x, even for an amateur :-)

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>