Re: ___ Yet one problem with 2.0.33 :-(

Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@fys.ruu.nl)
Wed, 25 Mar 1998 14:12:03 +0100 (MET)


On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Yuri Kuzmenko wrote:

> I have a small server running Linux with 2.0.33 kernel. Hardware is:
>
> Server runs approx. two month, than halts and forever shows messages which
> listed below.
> Couldn't get a free page.....
> eth0: Memory squeeze, deffering packet.

Looks like the infamous memory leak.

> p.s. maybe this server needs 2.1.90 kernel? ;-(

2.0.29+ISS+newtear+... should be better for servers.
But we could try to build a _very_ stable 2.1.9[0/1/2] kernel
as well, lemme see:
- 2.1.91-pre1 basics
- slightly patched memory management (there are some bugs in 2.1.91-pre1)
- ... what else do we need? ...

Rik.
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