Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933114AbXAYAgV (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:36:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964916AbXAYAgU (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:36:20 -0500 Received: from lucidpixels.com ([75.144.35.66]:39726 "EHLO lucidpixels.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933165AbXAYAgO (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:36:14 -0500 Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:36:13 -0500 (EST) From: Justin Piszcz X-X-Sender: jpiszcz@p34.internal.lan To: Pavel Machek cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, xfs@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: 2.6.20-rc5: cp 18gb 18gb.2 = OOM killer, reproducible just like 2.16.19.2 In-Reply-To: <20070125003242.GA23343@elf.ucw.cz> Message-ID: References: <20070122133735.GB4493@ucw.cz> <20070125003242.GA23343@elf.ucw.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1361 Lines: 35 On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > Is it highmem-related? Can you try it with mem=256M? > > > > Bad idea, the kernel crashes & burns when I use mem=256, I had to boot > > 2.6.20-rc5-6 single to get back into my machine, very nasty. Remember I > > use an onboard graphics controller that has 128MB of RAM allocated to it > > and I believe the ICH8 chipset also uses some memory, in any event mem=256 > > causes the machine to lockup before it can even get to the boot/init > > processes, the two leds on the keyboard were blinking, caps lock and > > scroll lock and I saw no console at all! > > Okay, so try mem=700M or disable CONFIG_HIGHMEM or something. > Pavel > -- > (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek > (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Ok, this will be my last test for tonight, trying now. Justin. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/