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List: linux-ultrasparc
Subject: Re: shm problems ?
From: Wesley Hosking <wes () atlantek ! com ! au>
Date: 1998-09-28 7:01:48
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David S. Miller writes:
>
> Upgrade to and install latest CVS kernel.
>
> ftp://vger.rutgers.edu/pub/linux/README.CVS
>
It turned out I had to do both....
Jakub put a fix into the CVS archive for sg.o
(the generic scsi device)
AND it required the stuff below (I changed the 1024's for SHMMAX to
4096)...
(cdrecord requires a 4Mbyte chunk to ensure the SCSI flow is kept
full to the CD - I just made it 4 * larger to make sure ;-)
It works fine ! (now).
wes
In response to Wesley Hosking writes:
> I am VGER 2.1.121 with shm enabled, on an Ultra 30.
>
> When I use xcdroast to burn a CD it gives me :
> /usr/lib/xcdroast-0.96d/bin/cdrecord-1.6: Invalid argument. shmget failed
> Cdrecord release 1.6 Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Jörg Schilling
>
> (I also get the same in sparc32 mode :
>
> /usr/lib/xcdroast-0.96d/bin/cdrecord-1.6: Invalid argument. shmget failed
> Cdrecord release 1.6 Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Jörg Schilling
>
> .....
>
> ok - its probably the
> #define SHMMAX (1024 * 1024)
> in include/asm-sparc64/shmparam.h
>
>
> cdrecord requires a 4M chunk...
> will try it at 16Mb, and see if that is the problem.
>
> If you don't hear from me there thats probably what the fix is ;-)
>
> wes
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