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From: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>
To: "Haar János" <djani22@netcenter.hu>
Cc: nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au, cw@f00f.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: swapper: page allocation failure.
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 01:12:45 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200605230112.45564.kernel@kolivas.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <031001c67db1$a8c4a1e0$1800a8c0@dcccs>

On Tuesday 23 May 2006 01:08, Haar János wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Con Kolivas" <kernel@kolivas.org>
> > Try with one of the alternative vmsplit options that gives you more
>
> lowmem?
>
> > That might break certain applications though.
>
>              total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
> Mem:       4049724    4021196      28528          0      16384    3217288
> Low:       4049724    4021196      28528
> High:            0          0          0
> -/+ buffers/cache:     787524    3262200
> Swap:            0          0          0
>
> This is an 64 bit machine, the "concentrator".
>
> It looks like use all, the 4G ram as "lowmem".
> If i replace the cpu on my nodes to 64bit capable ones, i can use all the
> memory as buffer-cache? :-)

Heh yes indeed. It's only if you're stuck on 32bit for whatever reason that 
you'd need a different vmsplit. There is no need for highmem when 64bit 
allows bazillions of bytes of lowmem :)

-- 
-ck

  reply	other threads:[~2006-05-22 15:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-05-21  8:10 swapper: page allocation failure Haar János
2006-05-21  8:16 ` Chris Wedgwood
2006-05-21  8:37   ` Haar János
2006-05-21  8:47     ` Chris Wedgwood
2006-05-21  9:03       ` Haar János
2006-05-21  9:10         ` Chris Wedgwood
2006-05-21  9:31           ` Haar János
2006-05-21 10:24             ` Chris Wedgwood
2006-05-21 10:42               ` Haar János
2006-05-21 10:26             ` Chris Wedgwood
2006-05-21 10:45               ` Haar János
2006-05-21 12:01               ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-21 13:58                 ` Haar János
2006-05-22  0:09                   ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-22  7:41                     ` Haar János
2006-05-22 11:17                       ` Con Kolivas
2006-05-22 15:08                         ` Haar János
2006-05-22 15:12                           ` Con Kolivas [this message]
2006-05-22 21:06                             ` swapper: page allocation failure. - random reboot problem Haar János
2006-05-23  9:17                               ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-23 10:16                                 ` Haar János
2006-05-23 10:24                                   ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-23 10:31                                     ` Haar János
2006-05-23 10:45                                       ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-23 11:01                                         ` Haar János
2006-05-21  9:23       ` swapper: page allocation failure Haar János
2006-05-21 12:03 ` Andrew Morton
2006-05-21 14:01   ` Haar János

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