> Hi - I have a dual pentium III dell server, currently running redhat 7.1
> and kernel 2.4.3 and it has a tendency to crap out with "mm: critical
> shortage of bounce buffers". by crap out i mean hang.
That's a very old kernel. First, easiest, thing to try is
upgrading to the latest RedHat-supplied kernel RPM for 7.1.
http://mirrors.esat.net/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/updates/7.1/en/o
s/i686/
> "You can actually build yourself a custom none bounce
> buffer 1.8GB kernel with about 2Gb of user virtual space per app." as
> his advice for fixing this problem.
>> Has anybody come accross this and am i right in thinking i can ignore
> the above and that a new kernel will fix my problem?
If the latest official update doesn't help, then consider compiling
your own.
Later,
Kenn
[cue ridiculous vendor kernel vs linus kernel debate...]
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