From: Phil Oester <kernel@theoesters.com>
To: Nicholas Knight <nknight@pocketinet.com>
Cc: Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@ithnet.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 1gb RAM + 1gb SWAP + make -j bzImage = OOM
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 17:24:18 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020104172418.A28715@ns1.theoesters.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <004b01c1955e$ecbc9190$6400a8c0@philxp> <20020104220240.233ae66a.skraw@ithnet.com> <WHITExcPbVzv2N2Ku2000000c76@white.pocketinet.com>
In-Reply-To: <WHITExcPbVzv2N2Ku2000000c76@white.pocketinet.com>; from nknight@pocketinet.com on Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 04:42:43PM -0800
On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 04:42:43PM -0800, Nicholas Knight wrote:
> The one catch is that -j is specified without a number.
[snip superfluous description of what 'make -j' implies]
> number, your system is dead. A user issue because it seems the user is
> using the option without fully comprehending the consequences.
eh? Trust me - i understand the implications of make -j. It's not an unreasonable test, especially on a machine with 1gb ram/swap. For reference, read Rik's email regarding his reverse VM patch:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=101007711817127&w=2
Might be enlightening
-Phil
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-01-05 1:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-01-04 20:32 Phil Oester
2002-01-04 21:02 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2002-01-05 0:42 ` Nicholas Knight
2002-01-05 1:24 ` Phil Oester [this message]
2002-01-05 21:41 ` Eric W. Biederman
2002-01-05 12:30 ` Luigi Genoni
2002-01-05 15:17 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2002-01-07 6:22 ` Phil Oester
2002-01-07 14:24 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2002-01-08 5:11 ` Phil Oester
2002-01-05 15:19 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2002-01-05 17:57 ` Nicholas Knight
2002-01-06 14:40 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
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