Re: [PATCH] Patch to Memory Subsystem ... (Needed?)

Brian Schau (bsc@fleggaard.dk)
Sat, 07 Nov 1998 00:31:22 +0100

1) This is an optional feature - albeit not at compile time. Setting
rootpages to 0 is the same as saying: don't give root any special
treatment.
2) The 1Mb number is just a wild estimate. Setting rootpages to '1'
you reserve 1 page (4k - Intel), setting rootpages to '2' you reserve 2
pages (8k - intel) and so forth. You're the man in charge ...

David Lang wrote:
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> if this is a optional feature (even a compile-time option) this is fine.
> for small systems (read embedded, NC's , etc) 1MB may be a problem.
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> David Lang
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> On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Brian Schau wrote:
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> > Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 22:01:17 +0100
> > From: Brian Schau <bsc@fleggaard.dk>
> > To: Riley Williams <rhw@bigfoot.com>
> > Cc: Meelis Roos <mroos@tartu.cyber.ee>, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] Patch to Memory Subsystem ... (Needed?)
> >
> > [ ... snip ... ]
> > R
> > >
> > > True, but the question's a serious one all the same. Just how LITTLE
> > > memory can root get away with to be able to log in, find the rogue
> > > processes, and kill one or two of them to free up memory?
> >
> > Hard to say. But with ram being cheap these days, who can't afford a
> > spare 1Mb?
> > (Which i think should be sufficient?)
> >
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