From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265944AbUGAPpr (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Jul 2004 11:45:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265946AbUGAPpr (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Jul 2004 11:45:47 -0400 Received: from [194.243.27.136] ([194.243.27.136]:1038 "HELO venere.pandoraonline.it") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S265944AbUGAPpp (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Jul 2004 11:45:45 -0400 X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: devel@integra-sc.it via venere.pandoraonline.it X-Qmail-Scanner-Rcpt-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.22 (Clear:RC:1(213.140.22.76):. Processed in 0.052621 secs) Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 17:49:55 +0200 From: Devel To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Fw: bttv error: vmalloc_32(8519680) failed Message-Id: <20040701174955.46c63ffe.devel@integra-sc.it> In-Reply-To: <20040630183711.GA5064@bytesex> References: <20040630102732.04f08d5a.akpm@osdl.org> <20040630183711.GA5064@bytesex> Organization: Integra Solutions X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.10 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, Thanks for your reply, i'm tring the 2.4.26 kernel with patch-2.4.26-kraxel.gz and i haven't error. My IEI video grabber have the watchdog also do you think it work with bttv driver? Saluti Carlo! Il Wed, 30 Jun 2004 20:37:11 +0200 Gerd Knorr scrisse: > On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 10:27:32AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 11:51:21 +0200 > > From: Devel > > To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Subject: bttv error: vmalloc_32(8519680) failed > > > > > > Hi all, on my AMD XP+3000 with kernel 2.4.22 and bttv driver ver. > > 0.7.107 i have 16 devices video grabber /dev/video0-->/dev/video15. If > > i start programs that load images from the device /dev/video14 and > > /dev/video15 i receive this error: bttv: vmalloc_32(8519680) failed > > Looks like the machine runs out of vmalloc address space when using all > devices at the same time ... > > with gbuffers + gbufsize insmod options it is possible to adjust the > amount of vmalloc memory used per device. > > The other option is to use bttv 0.9.x which doesn't use vmalloc any > more. Making that one work with 2.4.22 isn't trivial through, easiest > is to use either 2.6 (as-is) or a more recent 2.4.x kernel + patches > from http://dl.bytesex.org/patches/ > > Gerd > > -- > return -ENOSIG; >