On Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 04:45:04PM +0100, Norbert Kiesel wrote: > On Sat, 2006-12-09 at 13:27 +0100, Alejandro Riveira Fernández wrote: > > 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. > > > > > So far all first-hand experiences I heard of were positive (i.e. I did > not get an emaail from anyone saying: It had a negative effect for me), >...
As I said, VMSPLIT_2G does break Wine for me. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/