Re: card reports no resources
John Ketchum <[email protected]>
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100 500 200 256 500 3000 60 0 0 I added the line vm/bdflush = 100 500 200 to /etc/sysctl.conf, did sysctl -p, and got the above result. At 01:28 AM 8/3/2002 +0800, Wei Keong wrote: >So, after applying the changes, what does the /proc/sys/vm/bdflush look >like? My kernel 2.4.18 has the value below, can i do the same using >sysctl? > >40 0 0 0 500 3000 60 0 0 > > >Thanks, >Wei Keong > > > >On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, John Ketchum wrote: > > > Thanks-- that seems to do the trick The problem persisted for 5 or 10 > > minutes after I changed the settings in /proc/sys/vm/bdflush, but has not > > recurred since, so I am hopeful that this takes care of it. I have no clue > > why-- if anyone can provide an explanation, or, better yet, can point to a > > good reference on kernel tuning, I would be very grateful. > > > > John > > > > John Ketchum wrote: > > > After perusing this mail list, and seeing several threads reporting > > > similar problems, I tried the fix recommended by Donal Becker in one > > > thread: > > > echo "100 500 200">/proc/sys/vm/bdflush > > > then rebooted. I guess I don't understand the workings of the /proc > > > file system, because the changes that resulted in /proc/sys/vm/bdflush > > Most linux systems have a file called /etc/sysctl.conf, and most linux > systems > > read the contents of that file and set the variables accordingly, this > is what > > I have in mine(2.2.19 kernel): > > fs/file-max = 32768 > > fs/inode-max = 65536 > > vm/freepages = 1024 2048 3072 > > then I use the command sysctl -p to read the file. If you set the variables > > directly with echo, there is no need to reboot, the change is immediate. > > for you I think the entry would be: > > vm/bdflush = 100 500 200 > > the system should automatically parse and load the sysctl.conf upon > reboot. If > > it does not, create a script or edit an existing one so that sysctl is run > > upon > > boot so it can load the settings > > good luck. > > nate > > _______________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > eepro100 mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.scyld.com/mailman/listinfo/eepro100 > >