linux-kernel - Re: Small System Paging Problem

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Date:	Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:47:06 +0100 (MET)
From:	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>
To:	joshin@...mail.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mikpe@...uu.se
Subject: Re: Small System Paging Problem - OOM-killer goes nuts

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:28:03 -0700, Josh Goldsmith wrote:
> Is your 486 running a IDE disk on a normal interface or via USB?  I wonder 
> if the NSLU2 only having I/O via USB might be significant.

My 486 has neither PCI nor USB, the disk is attached to a
plain ancient IDE port.

>  Also, this is a 
> 2.6 kernel and I've seen spurious reports across the internet about similar 
> oom-killer problems since about 2.6.7.

If it is, I don't think it's ARM-specific. The last two years
I've done a lot of work with 2.6 kernels on a DS101 ARM box.
It's similar to the NSLU2 except it has 64MB of RAM and a built-in
PCI PATA controller. I've stressed it quite a bit, but never
seen the OOM killer trigger on it.

So you using USB storage might be relevant.
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