At 6:45 AM -0400 10/3/06, Matthew Kirk wrote: >1. When I fill my ext2 or reiserfs ram disk (but not tmpfs) to the 1 GB >point, the system complains that it has insufficient memory, kills some >processes, and hangs. It responds to ping, but that's about it. I have 5.5 >GB of memory still free, at that point, and I'm not running any of my own >software. Why does using ext2 or reiserfs result in insufficient memory >when it appears I still have memory left, and why does tmpfs not suffer the >same fate? WAG: page tables? This might be a good question for the LKML. >2. I understand, through the "grape vine" that a ram disk built with tmpfs >can have its contents swapped. I also understand this is not true of ext2 >or reiserfs. ... That is my (weak) understanding. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' The Great Writ <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' is no more. <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
