On Fri, 2007-04-27 at 08:18 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Actually, you don't need to apply the patch - just do > > echo 5 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_background_ratio > echo 10 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio
That seems to have done the trick. Amarok and GUI aren't exactly speed demons while writeout is happening, but they are not hanging for eternities. -Mike - 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/