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List:       linux-nfs
Subject:    Re: [NFS] Kernel 2.2.13 with attached nfs patch hangs while decompressing
From:       hjl () valinux ! com (H ! J !  Lu)
Date:       1999-10-22 3:04:42
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> 
> Config. P3-500 with 128MB of RAM with one Adaptec 2940U2W attached to
> 9GB disk. Also has a Mylex RAID 150 attached to a raid array of 7 18GB 
> disks in RAID-5 configuration with one as hot standby
> 
> Stock kernel with attached config (less NFS and NFS server support)
> compiles and boots correctly
> 
> Kernel with attached patch (derived via HJ's instruction from CVS)
> hangs while decompressing on boot. However, increasing HEAP_SIZE in 
> arch/i386/boot/compressed/misc.c to 0x3000 seems to make it boot

This is the patch we, VA, is using.

> 
> Anybody else seeing similar thing. Does NFS server require a minimum

Yes.

> of more than 128MB of RAM
> 

No.


H.J.
---
Index: arch/i386/boot/compressed/misc.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /work/cvs/linux/linux/arch/i386/boot/compressed/misc.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.9
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -p -r1.1.1.9 -r1.2
--- arch/i386/boot/compressed/misc.c	1998/07/19 14:11:54	1.1.1.9
+++ arch/i386/boot/compressed/misc.c	1999/08/20 23:34:22	1.2
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static long free_mem_end_ptr = 0x90000;
 #define LOW_BUFFER_START      0x2000
 #define LOW_BUFFER_END       0x90000
 #define LOW_BUFFER_SIZE      ( LOW_BUFFER_END - LOW_BUFFER_START )
-#define HEAP_SIZE             0x2000
+#define HEAP_SIZE             0x2400
 static int high_loaded =0;
 static uch *high_buffer_start /* = (uch *)(((ulg)&end) + HEAP_SIZE)*/;
 

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