El Wed, 6 Dec 2006 14:10:03 +0100 Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 01:19:08PM +0100, Norbert Kiesel wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 12:58 +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > > On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 12:42 +0100, Norbert Kiesel wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I remember reading on LKML some time ago that using VMSPLIT_3G_OPT would > > > > be optimal for a machine with exactly 1GB memory (like my current > > > > desktop). Why is that option only prompted for after selecting EMBEDDED > > > > (which I normally don't select for desktop machines > > > > > > because it changes the userspace ABI and has some other caveats.... this > > > is not something you should muck with lightly > > > > > > > Hmm, but it's also marked EXPERIMENTAL. Would that not be the > > sufficient? Assuming I don't use any external/binary drivers and a > > self-compiled kernel w//o any additional patches: is there really any > > downside? > > - Wine doesn't work (I'm not sure about VMSPLIT_3G_OPT, but > VMSPLIT_2G definitely breaks Wine) I use VMSPLIT_3G_OPT=y and wine works just fine (only tested with one program). Edgy + 2.6.19-rc1 > - AFAIR some people reported problems with some Java programs > after fiddling with the vmsplit options > > EMBEDDED isn't exactly the right way to hide it, but the vmsplit options > aren't something you can safely change. > > > </nk> > > cu > Adrian > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
