Pagepool set to zero

[slypher]

hmm, i'm this is interesting. In all of my testing, higher page pools generally had better performance (benchmarking tests), i never really noticed a difference in using the phone though. This may be because i did the testing back to back, so some roms were installed for a couple of hours while i did the testing.

The thread with the testing is below:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?p=187329

Can you guys post your results using the 0 and 6mb page pools?

I'm curious what the results will be.

-s

[RobNyc]

0, 6, 24, and 32 should be the test
Anyone care to help?

[slypher]

If no results are up by the weekend, count me in. I can go into a flashing frenzy while i do laundry..lol

-s

[RobNyc]

So I noticed 2 roms I used with 6mb were OK .
I used another ROM with 12mb and it was fastest

[ppcpants]

There's an interesting post on the Windows CE Base Team's blog about the pagepool.

One interesting tidbit:

In Windows CE (embedded) 5.0, the pool is turned off by default. In Windows Mobile, the pool is turned on and set to a default size chosen by Microsoft. I believe it varies between versions, but is somewhere in the neighborhood of 4-6 MB. In CE6, the loader pool has a target size of 3MB and the file pool has a target size of 1MB. Only the OEM of a device can set the pool size; applications cannot change it.
So how do you decide on the right pool size for your platform? I’m afraid it’s still a bit of a black art.

[diomark]

Hi,

I keep hearing about people having crashes/etc with the wm61 roms. I have *NEVER* had crashes with the pagepool set to 0, and running the stock 61 roms that're floating here..
Has anyone else tested w/ pagepool 0 and seen if they have issues?
-mark

[savior02]

Originally Posted by diomark

Hi,

I keep hearing about people having crashes/etc with the wm61 roms. I have *NEVER* had crashes with the pagepool set to 0, and running the stock 61 roms that're floating here..
Has anyone else tested w/ pagepool 0 and seen if they have issues?
-mark

i had lockups even with 0 pagepool i guess it really is 6.1 issue im downgrading to stock

[diomark]

Originally Posted by savior02

i had lockups even with 0 pagepool i guess it really is 6.1 issue im downgrading to stock

I've been running WM61 (clean, but two different versions) for nearly a month now without a single lockup.

My setup is a bit different from everyone's though. I'm disabling the touchflo and HTC home plugins..

My today screen has spb mobile shell (with weather data from spb taveller), sbsh phoneweaver, octro, sbsh pocketbreeze

Not using the touch keypad - i'm using touchpal v3. (before v2..)

also running in the background is ftouchsl, and s2u2
HTC task manager is disabled - i've had problems with this before... Using ftouchsl to close apps if I hold down on the top right corner for half a second..

Someone said that they were getting crashes when sms's alot - I don't sms that much (maybe 5-10 messages/day max), so maybe that's why I'm not seeing freezes?

another person was saying that they had lockups while using the new IE - I don't use IE, only opera...

-mark

[IFMISM]

i would like to change mine to see if it is faster but i dont know how

[gguruusa]

lol

There's nothing wrong with setting your pagepool to 0, or 10, or 30. You won't notice anything different about performance unless you are running more than just 1 or 2 small apps (why? because pagepool is used when switching between apps). Performance numbers won't mean a thing unless you also list the phones built in software and what you did on your phone to measure performance. Obviously, any testing would have to occur immediately following a hard reset to be meaningful.

As a general rule, more is better.