Kevin Buhr wrote: > As others have pointed out, for the i386 architecture, there are only > two stack sizes available in the "normal" kernel. 8K is the default, > but there is a CONFIG_4KSTACKS configuration variable that changes it > to 4K (but uses a separate stack for interrupt handling to partially > compensate). > > Debian kernel-image packages don't normally have the "/proc/config.gz" > feature enabled, but they should install a copy of the ".config" used > to build the kernel in a "/boot/config-*" file, and no stock Debian > kernels have this variable set, as far as I know, so the Debian stack > should be the default of 8k. > > A patch to add a 16k stacks option that *also* uses a separate > interrupt-handling stack to give even more free space is available at: > > > http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/wlan/full/archive/linux-2.6.12-16kstacks.patch >
Thank you for the information and explanation. I can verify that my Debian kernel does not have 4K stack option set: $> grep 4KST /boot/config-2.6.12-1-686 # CONFIG_4KSTACKS is not set regards, ->HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
