Hello, I've been a MS Windows based programmer for a very long time and was recently tossed in an environment where I am developing embedded apps on the m68k / Linux platform. That makes me a Linux newbie. I started asking a few questions on various IRC channels and was directed to this group. So, I will start asking:
These are questions derived from observations on the MCF 5475 CPU running Linux 2.6.10 built for the m68k platform. Disk swapping is disabled. 1) When physical memory runs low, the memory manager will try to use memory currently allocated to the pagecache. Is this true? 2) When vm.overcommit_memory = 2 (overcommit disabled), and memory runs low, it appears that the memory manager does not try to use memory currently allocated to pagecache. Is this true? 3) Is it possible to disable the pagecache? Cheers, Tony - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
