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List:       netbsd-port-i386
Subject:    Re: 1.3.x vs 1.4 kernel mem requirements?
From:       Manuel Bouyer <bouyer () antioche ! eu ! org>
Date:       1999-04-28 18:09:38
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On Apr 28, Scott Presnell wrote
> Hi Folks,
> 	I'm running 1.3.3 on an 8Mb cyrix 486 machine: that's the hardware
> limit of the machine.  I've stripped down my kernel configuration to the
> minimum for the machine, but it's still a tight fit (host is used for
> IP filter/NAT).
> 
> 	Can anyone yet compare the amount of memory needed by the 1.4
> kernel vs the 1.3.3 kernel?  Any gut sensation on tight machines whether
> UVM is making a difference?
> 

I have NetBSD on a sun3/60 with 8Mb RAM and it works nicely. A 'make -j2'
doesn't use swap.
I didn't have this box before UVM went in the tree, but it improved the
behavior of my 16Mb i386, especially for processes larger than the physical
RAM.

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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