Re: High memory kernel support

2005-03-18 Thread Fred
On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 23:18 -0500, Randy Edwards wrote: My problem is that some of the drivers I need aren't keeping up with the kernel releases, like the NVIDIA drivers, for instance. The driver issue in 2.6 has impacted me, though in the other direction. 2.6 includes some new

Re: High memory kernel support

2005-03-18 Thread Derek Martin
On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 08:23:47AM -0500, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: There is also the cryptography support. Gone are the days of having to patch the kernel for IPSec. Interesting indeed. I recently got wireless working on both my laptops, though I don't currently have any enryption going on

Re: High memory kernel support

2005-03-18 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 10:15 -0500, Derek Martin wrote: On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 08:23:47AM -0500, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: There is also the cryptography support. Gone are the days of having to patch the kernel for IPSec. Interesting indeed. I recently got wireless working on both my

Re: High memory kernel support

2005-03-18 Thread Paul Lussier
Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Are you using IPSec now? I heard that FreeS/Wan forked... What code base are you using? Pointers would be useful. =8^) OpenBSD.org :) It's the most secure, most stable OS out there right now, and IPSec is built-in to the default kernel. I'm in the

Re: High memory kernel support

2005-03-18 Thread Derek Martin
On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 09:15:16PM -0500, Paul Lussier wrote: Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Are you using IPSec now? I heard that FreeS/Wan forked... What code base are you using? Pointers would be useful. =8^) OpenBSD.org :) It's the most secure, most stable OS out there

Re: High memory kernel support

2005-03-17 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 10:47 -0500, Charles Farinella wrote: I have a server that started throwing the following error the other day: kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) We run some pretty memory intensive apps, and from looking at various logs it appears

Re: High memory kernel support

2005-03-17 Thread Charles Farinella
On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 11:03, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: In researching the cause, I find that my kernel does not have high memory support compiled into it (the default). Now this is all a little over my head, so I'm asking here, what do you think, will recompiling the kernel to include

Re: High memory kernel support

2005-03-17 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Paul Lussier wrote: Mmmm, what reasons are there for upgrading to 2.6 at this point. I've thus far treated 2.6 as 'testing/unstable' kernel, and since many of it's nicer features (like SATA) are getting backported to the 2.4 series, I haven't had a reason to venture into 2.6 land yet. I'll bite:

Re: High memory kernel support

2005-03-17 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 05:27:25PM -0500, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: In addition to that, IMHO, the 2.6 kernel is, BY FAR, the most stable .0 (and subsequent) release I've ever seen. Gone are the days of the 2.4.9 debacle, the 2.2.0 debacle, etc. It

Re: High memory kernel support

2005-03-17 Thread Derek Martin
On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 06:05:29PM -0500, Kevin D. Clark wrote: Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 05:27:25PM -0500, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: In addition to that, IMHO, the 2.6 kernel is, BY FAR, the most stable .0 (and subsequent) release I've ever seen. Gone

Re: High memory kernel support

2005-03-17 Thread Paul Lussier
Ken D'Ambrosio [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: but I do think that, kind of in opposition to your stance, unless there's a reason to stick with 2.4 (such as, It just works, which is a fine reason), 2.6 is the way to go. Well, our product is based currently based on the 2.4 series, so there's

Re: High memory kernel support

2005-03-17 Thread Fred
On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 17:05 -0500, Paul Lussier wrote: ... Mmmm, what reasons are there for upgrading to 2.6 at this point. I've thus far treated 2.6 as 'testing/unstable' kernel, and since many of it's nicer features (like SATA) are getting backported to the 2.4 series, I haven't had a