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SubjectRe: getting eth1: Memory squeeze, dropping packet message
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On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 07:39 -0700, cranium2003 wrote:
> Hello,
> While transmitting packets through linux Router
> host from one network to another Redhat linux 9 kernel
> 2.4.20-8 caught kernel oops following there are 2
> statements which are
> __alloc_pages: 0 order allocation failed (gfp =
> 0x20/1)
> eth1: Memory squeeze, dropping packet
> What this means? where is the wrong thing in kenrel?
> How to solve this problem?

That just means you ran low on memory so the router dropped a packet.
Get more RAM, or handle fewer packets ;-)

Lee

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