I have been tracking new 2.2 kernel releases due to the bug(s) in the vortex
(3c59x.c) driver which caused a crash about once a day with freeing a bad
skbuf pointer. Yesterday and today I tried 2.2.11 but it has a new and much
worse problem; all the memory seems to bleed away very rapidly sometimes
within minutes of usage. The machine is a 256MB DELL WS400.
The console reports 'Out of memory for <processname>' sort of messages and the
machine goes unrecoverable (reset button time). I tried discarding my patched
kernel tree and starting from a clean 2.2.11 but with no difference (I used
2.2.10 to compile it for what its worth, since the 2.2.11 doesnt stay up long
enough).
I selected the default 1GB option for the new config option.
The machine has aic7xxx scsi and 3c59x vortex ethernet and is a DELL WS400.
Any suggestions please,
Richard.
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