Re: 2.6.5-rc2-mm2

[Marc-Christian Petersen <m.c.p@wolk-project.de>]

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On Wednesday 24 March 2004 11:00, Martin Zwickel wrote:

Hi Martin,

> I'm unable to start my X server with this patch.
> I have the nvidia 5336 module loaded and if I start the X server, the
> machine completely freezes. With 2.6.5-rc2 everything works ok...
> If anyone wants my config, ask me.

apply this patch ontop of 2.6.5-rc2-mm2 tree to get nvidia working again.

nvidia inc: *hint hint* ;)

ciao, Marc

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diff -Naurp linux-2.6.5-rc1-mm1/arch/i386/Kconfig linux-2.6.5-rc1-mm1-removed/arch/i386/Kconfig
--- linux-2.6.5-rc1-mm1/arch/i386/Kconfig	2004-03-16 21:28:03.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.5-rc1-mm1-removed/arch/i386/Kconfig	2004-03-16 21:32:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -1555,7 +1555,14 @@ config MAGIC_SYSRQ
 	default y
 
 config 4KSTACKS
-	def_bool y
+	bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb"
+	default n
+	help
+	  If you say Y here the kernel will use a 4Kb stacksize for the
+	  kernel stack attached to each process/thread. This facilitates
+	  running more threads on a system and also reduces the pressure
+	  on the VM subsystem for higher order allocations. This option
+	  will also use IRQ stacks to compensate for the reduced stackspace.
 
 config X86_FIND_SMP_CONFIG
 	bool