Re: Overcommit (OOM) problem on embedded device with no swap

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On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 08:45:09PM +0200, Martin Egholm Nielsen wrote:
> >>Does anybody have an idea to where I can take this question?
> >Linux-kernel would be a good place, but before you do, make sure you
> >try to recreate your problem on a *recent* kernel. There were some
> >changes to the VM system in the two years since 2.4.20 was released.
> >Nobody is interested in fixing bugs in ancient kernel releases.
> Sure - that would be a good idea. I just don't know if that'll work - 
> although I haven't tried.
> The kernel in question is given by my board vendor and has been patched 
> with respect to the hardware - NAND flash, etc.
> But maybe these patches are put into the 2.6 branch - haven't looked, yet...
> It's a PPChameleon board with a PPC405...

Don't know about that, but if you need a 2.4 branch, you could try
2.4.29 or 2.4.30-rc3.

> I'm considering testing it in VMWare with swap disabled - I'll do that, 
> yes - good idea... Gollum! ;-)

That should indeed be an easy way to test. User mode linux would be
another way to test.


Erik

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Erik Mouw
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