Tom Shilson wrote: > The 2-order v. 5-order have to do with the amount of memory requested. The > memory manager pools each have a single request size for efficiency. I > have forgotten the relationship between order number and amount of memory > requested.
Very good explanation, Tom. The size = 2 ^ order * PAGE: Order 0 = 2^0 = 1 Page = 4K Order 1 = 2^1 = 2 Pages = 8K Order 2 = 2^2 = 4 Pages = 16K ... You usually only see this message if the requester of the memory sits in kernel space. Note that some kernel components continue normal operation even if their memory allocation fails. Our dasd device driver is a very good example for that. This message therefore does not always indicate an error. -- Carsten Otte has stopped smoking: Ich habe in 10 Monate, 5 Tage und 14 Stunden schon 1.486,05 Euro gespart anstatt 6.191,90 Zigaretten zu kaufen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
