Brian Chase <vaxzilla@jarai.org> writes:
> For my test, I compiled two identical kernels.  I used the `time'
> command to time the compiles.
> 
>   With the default vm.anonmax=80, the `make netbsd' time is as follows:
>   16479.544u 996.689s 4:59:27.65 97.2%    0+0k 141+9374io 754pf+76w
> 
>   And by setting vm.anonmax=95, the `make netbsd' time is:
>   16487.698u 991.133s 4:59:23.60 97.3%    0+0k 154+9285io 723pf+78w
> 
> I was astonished with how close the results were, and obviously a bit
> disappointed to not see any gains.  Maybe there are none to be had
> with my whopping 12MB of available memory? :-)

It hardly seems surprising at all. I doubt you could get to 95% use by
anon on a 12M machine -- where would files and program text end up?
On a larger memory machine, I doubt it would improve performance
either. anonmax of 95 seems very silly to me actually...

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Perry E. Metzger		perry@piermont.com