Re: 2.4 kernel and 4GB+ of RAM
* Hall Stevenson (hallstevenson@mindspring.com) spake thusly:
> * Dimitri Maziuk (dmaziuk@yola.bmrb.wisc.edu) [010616 14:03]:
> >
> > Note that 2.4 kernels die (after 14 days uptime here) with "out of
> > memory". I wouldn't use a 2.4 kernel for a production machine until
> > that is fixed.
>
> I've used every release of 2.4.x, including numerous -ac versions, and
> have *never* seen this problem. Where is this documented ??
Hmm. Google turns up linux24 page on sourceforge which claims that's been
fixed... Not in my 2.4.5 it isn't. I'm sure I've seen the bug mentioned in
c.o.l.d.s.
Dima
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