Re: Configuring Kernel with a different Stack size
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 04:51:52PM -0400, Bharath Ramesh wrote:
> I tried installing ndiswrapper on my laptop and found that my computer
> freezes soon. It seems like the new version of ndiswrapper is quite
> stack hungry like the windows driver. I want to know how do I increase
> my stack size of my kernel when I am building my own kernel. In the
> config file of the 2.6.7 kernel source I cant find the option for the
> CONFIG_4KSTACK. Does this mean the debian kernel uses a 8K stack. If not
> how do I build my kernel with atleast an 8K stack. I am not subscribed
> to this list so would really appreciate if you could CC the reply to me.
Yes, Debian is using 8k stacks right on (on x86, that is - stack sizes
on different architectures can be quite different). Note that we don't
have irq stacks and you are still likely to get stack overflows with
ndiswrapper.
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