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Nick Piggin wrote:

> 
> 
> Mike Fedyk wrote:
>> What is the kernel parameter to disable highmem?  I saw nohighio, but 
>> that's not it...
>>
> 
> Not sure. That defeats the purpose of trying to get your setup
> working nicely though ;)
> 
> Can you upgrade to 2.6.3-mm2? It would be ideal if you could
> test this patch against that kernel due to the other VM changes.

I can test on another machine, but it doesn't have as much memory, and 
I'd have to use highmem emulation.

I'd prefer to not have to restart this machine and put a test kernel on it.

> 
> Chris, could you test this too please? Thanks.

Yes, Chris do you have any highmem machines where you can test this patch?

Mike