[ale] Time to pick some brains technically

[Jerry Z. Yu]

	let me start it by asking the obvious:
	Has the kernel been customized for HUGE ram ? 

On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Robert L. Harris wrote:

#
#
#Ok, I have this:
#
#Debian 2.2 box.
#
#root at mail.acs:~# uname -a
#Linux mail.acs.internap.com 2.4.19-rc5aa1 #1 SMP Fri Aug 2 11:37:38 PDT
#2002 i686 unknown
#
#root at mail.acs:~# free
#             total       used       free     shared    buffers
#cached
#Mem:       5936304     212056    5724248          0      97632 32236
#-/+ buffers/cache:      82188    5854116
#(swap irrelevant, deleted)
#
#(Quad-Proc, here's the last one)
#processor       : 3
#vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
#cpu family      : 6
#model           : 7
#model name      : Pentium III (Katmai)
#stepping        : 3
#cpu MHz         : 548.217
#cache size      : 1024 KB
#fdiv_bug        : no
#hlt_bug         : no
#f00f_bug        : no
#coma_bug        : no
#fpu             : yes
#fpu_exception   : yes
#cpuid level     : 2
#wp              : yes
#flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
#mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse
#bogomips        : 1094.45
#
#root at mail.acs:~# cat /proc/pci | grep ^\ \ \ \ [a-zA-Z]
#    Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20HE Host Bridge (rev 33).
#    Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20HE Host Bridge (#2) (rev 1).
#    Host bridge: PCI device 1166:0006 (ServerWorks) (rev 0).
#    Host bridge: PCI device 1166:0006 (ServerWorks) (rev 0).
#    Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 8).
#    VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC 215IIC [Mach64 GT IIC] (rev 122).
#    ISA bridge: ServerWorks OSB4 South Bridge (rev 80).
#    IDE interface: ServerWorks OSB4 IDE Controller (rev 0).
#    USB Controller: ServerWorks OSB4/CSB5 USB Controller (rev 4).
#    PCI Hot-plug controller: Compaq Computer Corporation PCI Hotplug Controller (rev 17).
#    PCI Hot-plug controller: Compaq Computer Corporation PCI Hotplug Controller (#2) (rev 17).
#    SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7899P U160/m (rev 1).
#    SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7899P U160/m (#2) (rev 1).
#    Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c985 1000BaseSX (SX/TX) (rev 1).
#    SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-3960D / AIC-7899A U160/m (rev 1).
#    SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-3960D / AIC-7899A U160/m (#2) (rev 1).
#
#
#The problem?  The thing has 16Gigs of RAM (corporate app server).  If we
#try to enable more than 6 it locks up hard.  I've played with the "mem="
#function to let us get this far.  All the hardware has been pulled and
#tested clean.
#
#Has anyone seen this and know a good work fix?  This thing has been a
#pain since we got it.  The app is very memory intensive but I don't want
#to replace it with a windows based version.  
#
#
#Thoughts?
#  Robert
#
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#:wq!
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#Robert L. Harris                
#                               
#DISCLAIMER:
#      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
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Jerry Z. Yu				+1-404-487-8544 (O)
systems engineer			z.yu at voicecom.com
is support, voicecom, llc		www.voicecom.com


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