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SubjectRe: [PATCH] oom killer (Core)
Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 11:22 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
>>You can issue sysrq commands over serial consoles too.
>
> I know, but the console and the reset button are 150km away. When I dial
> into the machine or try to connect via the network, I cannot connect
> with the current kernels. Neither 2.4, because the fork fails, nor 2.6
> because oom killed sshd. So I cannot send anything except a service man,
> who drives 150km to hit sysrq-F or the reset button.

Get one of those terminal server/concentrators that export the serial
consoles over IP. Or one of those KVM-over-IP extenders. Worth every penny.

[sorry thomas, forgot reply all first time aound, so you'll get a dupe.]
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