Does this imply that the stock kernel in LM 8.1 is the same old 2.4.0 kernel, and that RedHat did not dare to introduce the new 2.4.18 kernel? 2.4.18 from LM 8.2 worked wery well when highmem is not used, but with prices of the day 1 Gb is NOT very much.
>From the extended technical discussion about the current kernel and large memory that I left out of my attachment, I understood that the current kernel does not handle memory above 4 Gb very well, if at all. Does Mandrake have any comments anywhere about the use of "large" memory? -- Bjarne On Wed, 2002-07-17 at 04:00, James wrote: > On 17 Jul 2002 09:51:30 +0200 > Bjarne Thomsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said with temporary authority > > > > > In the spring I encountered a problem (system freeze) with the > > LM 8.2 enterprise kernel. The problem never happened with the > > standard stock kernel of LM 8.2. That it was actually a highmem > > problem was verified by compiling the kernel with the standard > > options + the highmem option. The problem was solved by using > > the stock enterprise kernel from LM 8.1. > > > > From a discussion on the kernel list that I happened to find > > it looks as if the Red Hat 7.3 kernel had a similar problem > > for memory above 896MB. This has now been solved in the > > Red Hat 7.3 kernel for memory below 4Gb. > > But it is not clear to me if RedHat's 7.3 kernel is based > > on Rik van Riel's VM or Andrea's VM. > > >From reading the enclosed commentary (Thanks for enclosing it by the > way) it seems that RH is using the pre Linux being struck by cosmic rays > VM... Meaning the original VM from 2.4.0. or so it would seem to me. > > James > > > > > There seems to be some confusion, even on the kernel mailing > > list, so could somebody, please, explain the situation for the > > various Mandrake kernels. Has the problem been solved in > > the latest enterprise kernel in the cooker? Will it be solved > > in the new 2.4.19 kernel? > > > > To illustrate the situation, let me finish with a citation. > > > > Martin J. Bligh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > >There are definitely good things in both trees for this problem area > > >at the moment. If you're interested in fixing this Alan and Andrea, > > >let's start a > > >mergefest. I'm sure I can volunteer some IBM resources to help port > > patches,>and test the hell out of it .... if you're willing to > > consider taking things, > > >I'll drawup a list of what the issues are, what patches are > > >available, and which trees they reside in (often none). > > > > So, where are the Mandrake kernels in this discussion? > > > > For easy reference I have attached an abreviated version of the > > discussion on the kernel mailing list. > > > > Dr Bjarne Thomsen > > > > Department of Physics and Astronomy > > University of Aarhus > > Denmark > > > > > > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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