[BusyBox] Memory problem with 2.4.x kernels

Mark Whitley markw at lineo.com
Wed Aug 30 15:46:08 UTC 2000


On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 01:42:37PM +0600, Jonathan Hseu wrote:
> BusyBox seems to detect the available memory wrong in 2.4.x
> kernels.  Since it's used on the Debian boot disks, this is kind of a
> problem... I have 256 MB RAM, and when I boot up on the disks with a
> 2.4.x kernel, it gives me an error saying I'm short on memory.  If i
> take out the hang code in that area, it works fine, but that's a cheap
> workaround.  Is there any way you can change it to detect memory
> correctly in 2.4.x kernels?
> 
> Jonathan Hseu

Jonathan,

This is a known problem with the 2.4.x kernels, specifically with the
sysinfo() call. Erik has a kernel patch and has submitted it to the LKML, but
it has still not gotten in to the main source tree (apparently). Erik can
probably supply some more info.

Mark Whitley
markw at lineo.com





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