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SubjectPROBLEM: 2.2.11 'Out of memory' on 256MB DELL WS400 in minutes!
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New problem in 2.2.11.

I have been tracking new 2.2 kernel releases due to the bug(s) in the vortex
(3c59x.c) driver which caused a crash about once a day with freeing a bad
skbuf pointer. Yesterday and today I tried 2.2.11 but it has a new and much
worse problem; all the memory seems to bleed away very rapidly sometimes
within minutes of usage. The machine is a 256MB DELL WS400.

The console reports 'Out of memory for <processname>' sort of messages and the
machine goes unrecoverable (reset button time). I tried discarding my patched
kernel tree and starting from a clean 2.2.11 but with no difference (I used
2.2.10 to compile it for what its worth, since the 2.2.11 doesnt stay up long
enough).

I selected the default 1GB option for the new config option.

The machine has aic7xxx scsi and 3c59x vortex ethernet and is a DELL WS400.

Any suggestions please,

Richard.



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