On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 11:35:11AM -0800, David Mosberger wrote: > >>>>> On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 14:10:53 +0900, Kenji Kaneshige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>> said: > > Kenji> Hi Cristoph, > >>> +config NR_RTE_CACHES > >>> + int "Number of RTE cache entries" > >>> + depends on IOSAPIC > >>> + default "256" > >>> + help > >>> + If your system panic with the message "out of rte cache > >>> + entries!(shortage: XX)", please set this to a larger value. > >> > >> > >> This screams for dynamic allocation of the underlying structures, no? > > Kenji> Some number (NR_RTE_CACHES) of iosapic_rte_info structures are > Kenji> statically allocated because this structure might be needed before > Kenji> kmalloc is initialized. The panic message mentioned above means we > Kenji> run out of these statically allocated structures. > > The problem is naming, I think. Those aren't "cache entries", they > are statically preallocated entries. How about changing the config > option name to:
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