Re: 2.2.12: kmalloc: Size (4294959124) too large

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 27 Aug 1999 14:13:20 +0100 (BST)


> I just booted 2.2.12 on our news server and got this:
>
> eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII #3 link partner capability of 41e1.
> Starting system log daemon: syslogd klogd.
> kmalloc: Size (4294959124) too large

Something tried to allocate negative bytes.

> .. and I do not have network connectivity with this kernel. It looks
> like the epic100 driver is busted. It's a module, unloading and reloading
> gets it to work again ..

The epic100 driver hasnt changed between 2.2.10->2.2.12 and probably for
longer back than this. What kernel did you used to run ?

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