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- Lines: 11
- Date:
Mon Jul 13 13:47:25 1998
- Orig file:
v2.0.34/linux/Documentation/memory-tuning.txt
- Orig date:
Mon Aug 18 20:16:47 1997
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.0.34/linux/Documentation/memory-tuning.txt linux/Documentation/memory-tuning.txt
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
The values selected as boot defaults are the following: For a
machine with n>=8 Megabytes of memory, set min_free_pages = n*2,
-free_pages_low = n*3 and free_pages_high = n*4. Machines with less
-than 8 Megabytes or less as if they had 8 Megabytes.
+free_pages_low = n*3 and free_pages_high = n*4. Machines with
+8 Megabytes or less behave as if they had 8 Megabytes.
If "out of memory" errors sometimes occur, or if your machine does lots
of networking, increasing min_free_pages to 64 or more may be a good
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