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Date:      Wed, 21 Mar 2001 13:31:45 -0300 (BRST)
From:      Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
Cc:        Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@peorth.iteration.net>, "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@iteration.net>, izero@ms26.hinet.net, cross@math.psu.edu, grog@FreeBSD.ORG, fs@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: tuning a VERY heavily (30.0) loaded s cerver 
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.21.0103211328310.9056-100000@imladris.rielhome.conectiva>
In-Reply-To: <200103211114.f2LBE0h57371@mobile.wemm.org>

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On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Peter Wemm wrote:

> Also, 4MB = 1024 pages, at 28 bytes per mapping == 28k per process.

28 bytes/mapping is a LOT.  I've implemented an (admittedly
not completely architecture-independent) reverse mapping
patch for Linux with an overhead of 8 bytes/pte...

I wonder how hard/easy would it be to reduce the memory
overhead of some of these old Mach data structures in FreeBSD...

regards,

Rik
--
Virtual memory is like a game you can't win;
However, without VM there's truly nothing to lose...

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