That's a solution for Suns. Not applicable to other OS's, including Linux.
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Antoine ROUSSEAUX wrote:
> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 17:41:52 +0100
> From: Antoine ROUSSEAUX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: 'cristian nicolae' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: [FW1] Strange things in RH62 + Fw1-41-Sp2( kmalloc: Size
> (275 548) too large )
>
>
> Solution: Error: "fw_kmalloc (x) failed" (47.0.357847.2517489)
> Increase the amount of kernel memory:
> The following instructions will set the kernel memory from default
> 1.5 MB to 3.0 MB
>
> Add to /etc/system "set fw:fwhmem = 0x300000" and reboot
>
> I didn't test it, but it should work
>
> Antoine ROUSSEAUX
>
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De: Crivianu, Iosif [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Date: jeudi 18 janvier 2001 15:20
> > À: 'cristian nicolae'
> > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Objet: RE: [FW1] Strange things in RH62 + Fw1-41-Sp2( kmalloc: Size
> > (275 548) too large )
> >
> >
> > What minds "huge"? how many lines?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cristian nicolae [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 5:29 PM
> > > To: Eugene Alperovich
> > > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > > Subject: Re: [FW1] Strange things in RH62 + Fw1-41-Sp2( kmalloc: Size
> > > (275548) too large )
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Eugene,
> > > I had that too.
> > > Generally, at least in my case, this appeared after I loaded
> > > a huge security policy. Other people had that too. Until now I could not
> > > see any pointers to a final solution. Maybe it's worth trying SP3.
> > >
> > > Cristian
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Eugene Alperovich wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > We have been having this thing with a RH62 running Fw1-4.1-SP2,
> > > > when I check the kernel Log, I see the following lines repeating
> > > themselves
> > > > hundreds of times:
> > > >
> > > > Jan 17 07:48:48 firewall kernel: kmalloc: Size (275548) too large
> > > > Jan 17 07:48:48 firewall kernel: FW-1: b_getvals: fw_kmalloc(275536)
> > > failed
> > > > Jan 17 07:48:48 firewall kernel: kmalloc: Size (275548) too large
> > > > Jan 17 07:48:48 firewall kernel: FW-1: b_getvals: fw_kmalloc(275536)
> > > failed
> > > >
> > > > The numbers never change.
> > > > We tried including the "fwhmem=5000000" option in the fwinsmod on
> > boot,
> > > but
> > > > to no avail.
> > > >
> > > > Did anyone ever see this?
> > > >
> > > > Eugene Alperovich, Integrator,
> > > > Xpert Trusted Systems Ltd.
> > > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > <<MyVCARD.vcf>>
> > >
> > >
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