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List:       linux-netdev
Subject:    Re: netlink drops messages.
From:       Andi Kleen <ak () muc ! de>
Date:       2001-01-21 10:28:07
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On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 09:18:25AM +0100, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> Why we need swaping in the kernel? Has there been any real world problem 
> shown that cannot be solved by adding few more MB of memory into the box?
> :)

Times have changed. 

These days Linux uses without much consideration several MB of your main memory
for hash tables because it's easier to enlarge them than to tune the 
functions. 



-Andi

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