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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:32:42 +0100 From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> To: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@...idpixels.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com Subject: Re: 2.6.20-rc5: cp 18gb 18gb.2 = OOM killer, reproducible just like 2.16.19.2 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-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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