i wrote a (one-line) script, an entry in /etc/sudoers, and added a line in /etc/profile to make it easier on my users.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Fargusson.Alan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 12:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Linux 2.4 memory map differences? > > > The memory up high can get filled up by a process with lots > of threads. Each thread has a stack up high in memory. > > I don't have any specific knowledge about this, but I would > guess that someone thought that putting shared libraries in > the middle would work best for most people. > > The next time someone tells me we don't need 64 bit > addressing I am going to point them to this discussion. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Innes Read [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:00 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Linux 2.4 memory map differences? > > > Chris, > > Hey sorry I didn't mean to say that what you suggested wasn't > neat - I'm > grateful to you for letting me know there is at least one way to get > around this issue! I mean that the solution itself (moving the libs > around manually) is not particularly 'tidy'. Firstly it's based on a > Redhat modification (so won't work on SUSE I don't believe, which is > important for me) and secondly it puts the shared libraries > down towards > the malloc() zone rather than up at the top of memory out of the way. > The final nail in the coffin is that this is such an obvious problem - > no user should have to worry unduly about this sort of stuff, the > computer should be able to arrange it for a best fit (yeah, right)! > > All of which makes me wonder what the underlying technical reasons and > thinking were, there's normally a valid reason behind seemingly odd > decisions like 'lets stick this stuff right in the middle where it'll > really get in the way'! > > Cheers, Innes. > > On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 11:09:24 -0500, "Little, Chris" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > apologies for not being more specific or "neat". It's early in the > > morning > > for me. However, download the notes for Oracle 9iR2 for > linux/390. It > > gives instructions on moving that stuff around. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Innes Read [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:34 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: Linux 2.4 memory map differences? > > > > > > > > > Good to know, but not very neat is it?! Can anyone else > > > answer my other > > > questions about the 'new' behaviour I perceive on Intel? > > > > > > Thanks, Innes. > > > > > > On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 10:27:08 -0500, "Little, Chris" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > Yes it does work. We relinked Oracle to take advantage of > > > it. It gives > > > > a > > > > 1.5g shared segment. > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO > > > LINUX-390 or visit > > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO > LINUX-390 or > > visit > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO > LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO > LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
