[RESOLVED] stability problems with CONFIG_HIGHMEM

2003-11-03 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 02:48:20AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > The stability leaves a little bit to be desired, as can be seen at the > following URLs: > > http://redwald.deadbeast.net/tmp/kernel_fuckup_1.jpeg > http://redwald.deadbeast.net/tmp/kernel_fuckup_2.jpeg After 1 day, 21h28m of upt

Re: stability problems with CONFIG_HIGHMEM

2003-10-27 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 18:48, Branden Robinson wrote: > [I subscribe to this list; do not CC me on replies.] > > So that I can access all 1024MB of my memory, I recompiled > kernel-image-2.4.22-powerpc with CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y. > > The stability leaves a little bit to be desired, as can be seen at th

Re: stability problems with CONFIG_HIGHMEM

2003-10-27 Thread Tom Rini
On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 02:48:20AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > [I subscribe to this list; do not CC me on replies.] > > So that I can access all 1024MB of my memory, I recompiled > kernel-image-2.4.22-powerpc with CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y. > > The stability leaves a little bit to be desired, as can

Re: stability problems with CONFIG_HIGHMEM

2003-10-27 Thread Soeren Sonnenburg
On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 14:50, vinai wrote: > This might be a problem with your RAM. I've been using CONFIG_HIGHMEM > for several kernel releases now (in fact, it was THE reason I went from > the 2.2 series to the 2.4 series) and have had no stability issues with > 1G of RAM (machine is an Old World

Re: stability problems with CONFIG_HIGHMEM

2003-10-27 Thread vinai
This might be a problem with your RAM. I've been using CONFIG_HIGHMEM for several kernel releases now (in fact, it was THE reason I went from the 2.2 series to the 2.4 series) and have had no stability issues with 1G of RAM (machine is an Old World 8500, G3/375 MHz CPU). Been using this option si

stability problems with CONFIG_HIGHMEM

2003-10-27 Thread Branden Robinson
[I subscribe to this list; do not CC me on replies.] So that I can access all 1024MB of my memory, I recompiled kernel-image-2.4.22-powerpc with CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y. The stability leaves a little bit to be desired, as can be seen at the following URLs: http://redwald.deadbeast.net/tmp/kernel_fuckup