No I haven't, not yet anyway. I am in general very reluctant to "try"
new kernels on production machines ;-). I only do it in secret at night
and when nobody knows about it ...
> very few people, but people who _did_ see them had catastrophic results.
It looks like a kernel leak. That I am not seeing this on other
machines compiled from the same code with the same compiler (2.8.0,
though now I am testing the 2.7.2 compiled version) indicates that the
leak probably only acts when something is compiled into the kernel
instead of being loaded as a module.
All that fits that bill is the fact that it boots scsi, using the Buslogic
driver, also has aic7xxx support compiled in, and has minix as well as
ext2 support compiled in (I don't believe in separate kernels for rescue
and boot diskettes, and it also has ramdisk and initrd support, and
binfmt_aout ..). It also has bridging (not presently active) compiled
in.
If the leak is common to 2.0.25 and 2.0.33, it must be an interesting
one.
I am deeply suspicious of the network code (as always ..) as being the
culprit in conjunction with a compiler bug. But it could be something
else.
> Chris
I append the .config, for good measure. Glancing through it right now I
notice a couple of network config oddities.
I appreciate your having taken the time to respond.
Peter
#
# Automatically generated by make menuconfig: don't edit
#
#
# Code maturity level options
#
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
# CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set
CONFIG_KERNELD=y
#
# General setup
#
# CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
CONFIG_NET=y
# CONFIG_MAX_16M is not set
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_OPTIMIZE=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_JAVA=m
CONFIG_KERNEL_ELF=y
CONFIG_M586=y
#
# Floppy, IDE, and other block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_PCMCIA is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRITON=y
CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI14XX is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DTC2278 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HT6560B is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PROMISE is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_QD6580=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMC8672=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=y
CONFIG_MD_LINEAR=m
CONFIG_MD_STRIPED=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
#
# Networking options
#
CONFIG_FIREWALL=y
CONFIG_NET_ALIAS=y
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_IP_FORWARD=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y
CONFIG_RST_COOKIES=y
CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL=y
CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL_VERBOSE=y
CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE=y
CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_IPAUTOFW=y
CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_ICMP=y
CONFIG_IP_TRANSPARENT_PROXY=y
CONFIG_IP_ALWAYS_DEFRAG=y
CONFIG_IP_ACCT=y
# CONFIG_IP_ROUTER is not set
CONFIG_NET_IPIP=m
CONFIG_IP_MROUTE=y
CONFIG_IP_ALIAS=m
# CONFIG_INET_PCTCP is not set
CONFIG_INET_RARP=m
# CONFIG_NO_PATH_MTU_DISCOVERY is not set
CONFIG_IP_NOSR=y
CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y
CONFIG_IPX=m
# CONFIG_ATALK is not set
# CONFIG_AX25 is not set
CONFIG_BRIDGE=y
# CONFIG_NETLINK is not set
#
# SCSI support
#
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=m
# CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
#
# SCSI low-level drivers
#
# CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1740 is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX=y
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_TAGGED_QUEUEING=y
CONFIG_OVERRIDE_CMDS=y
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_CMDS_PER_LUN=8
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_PAGE_ENABLE=y
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_PROC_STATS=y
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY=15
CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS=m
# CONFIG_SCSI_IN2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974 is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_OMIT_FLASHPOINT is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DTC3280 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380=m
# CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR53C400 is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_G_NCR5380_PORT=y
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C406A=m
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx=m
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx_sync is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx_FAST=y
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx_DISCONNECT=y
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX=m
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_NVRAM_DETECT is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_TAGGED_QUEUE=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_IOMAPPED is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_MAX_TAGS=4
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_SYNC=5
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_SYMBIOS_COMPAT is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_PPA=m
# CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SEAGATE is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_T128=m
# CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ULTRASTOR is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH is not set
#
# Network device support
#
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
CONFIG_DUMMY=m
CONFIG_EQUALIZER=m
CONFIG_DLCI=m
CONFIG_DLCI_COUNT=24
CONFIG_DLCI_MAX=8
CONFIG_SDLA=m
CONFIG_PLIP=m
CONFIG_PPP=m
CONFIG_SLIP=m
CONFIG_SLIP_COMPRESSED=y
CONFIG_SLIP_SMART=y
CONFIG_SLIP_MODE_SLIP6=y
# CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM=y
# CONFIG_EL1 is not set
# CONFIG_EL2 is not set
# CONFIG_ELPLUS is not set
# CONFIG_EL16 is not set
CONFIG_EL3=m
CONFIG_VORTEX=m
# CONFIG_LANCE is not set
CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC=y
CONFIG_WD80x3=m
# CONFIG_ULTRA is not set
# CONFIG_ULTRA32 is not set
# CONFIG_SMC9194 is not set
CONFIG_NET_ISA=y
# CONFIG_AT1700 is not set
# CONFIG_E2100 is not set
# CONFIG_DEPCA is not set
CONFIG_EWRK3=m
CONFIG_EEXPRESS=m
CONFIG_EEXPRESS_PRO=m
# CONFIG_FMV18X is not set
# CONFIG_HPLAN_PLUS is not set
# CONFIG_HPLAN is not set
# CONFIG_HP100 is not set
# CONFIG_ETH16I is not set
CONFIG_NE2000=m
# CONFIG_NI52 is not set
# CONFIG_NI65 is not set
# CONFIG_SEEQ8005 is not set
# CONFIG_SK_G16 is not set
CONFIG_NET_EISA=y
# CONFIG_AC3200 is not set
# CONFIG_APRICOT is not set
CONFIG_EEXPRESS_PRO100B=m
# CONFIG_DE4X5 is not set
CONFIG_DEC_ELCP=m
# CONFIG_DGRS is not set
# CONFIG_ZNET is not set
# CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set
# CONFIG_TR is not set
# CONFIG_FDDI is not set
# CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
#
# ISDN subsystem
#
CONFIG_ISDN=m
# CONFIG_ISDN_PPP is not set
# CONFIG_ISDN_AUDIO is not set
CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_ICN=m
CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_PCBIT=m
# CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_HISAX is not set
# CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_SC is not set
# CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_AVMB1 is not set
#
# CD-ROM drivers (not for SCSI or IDE/ATAPI drives)
#
# CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set
#
# Filesystems
#
CONFIG_QUOTA=y
CONFIG_MINIX_FS=y
# CONFIG_EXT_FS is not set
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT2_COMPRESS=y
CONFIG_EXT2_IND_BITMAP=y
CONFIG_EXT2_COMPR_X86_CODE=y
# CONFIG_GZ_HACK is not set
CONFIG_EXT2_USE_LZV1=y
# CONFIG_EXT2_USE_LZRW3A is not set
CONFIG_EXT2_USE_GZIP=y
CONFIG_EXT2_USE_BZIP2=y
CONFIG_EXT2_DEFAULT_COMPR_METHOD_GZIP6=y
CONFIG_EXT2_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_BITS_5=y
# CONFIG_XIA_FS is not set
CONFIG_FAT_FS=m
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m
CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS=m
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_PROC_CONFIG=y
CONFIG_NFS_FS=m
CONFIG_SMB_FS=m
CONFIG_SMB_WIN95=y
CONFIG_NCP_FS=m
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m
CONFIG_HPFS_FS=m
CONFIG_SYSV_FS=m
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_UFS_FS=m
CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL=y
CONFIG_SMD_DISKLABEL=y
#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_SERIAL=m
# CONFIG_DIGI is not set
# CONFIG_CYCLADES is not set
# CONFIG_STALDRV is not set
# CONFIG_RISCOM8 is not set
CONFIG_PRINTER=m
# CONFIG_SPECIALIX is not set
CONFIG_MOUSE=y
# CONFIG_ATIXL_BUSMOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_MS_BUSMOUSE is not set
CONFIG_PSMOUSE=m
# CONFIG_82C710_MOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_UMISC is not set
# CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set
CONFIG_FTAPE=m
CONFIG_APM=y
# CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set
# CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE is not set
# CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE is not set
# CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK is not set
# CONFIG_APM_POWER_OFF is not set
CONFIG_WATCHDOG=y
# CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT is not set
# CONFIG_WDT is not set
CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG=m
# CONFIG_PCWATCHDOG is not set
CONFIG_RTC=y
#
# Sound
#
CONFIG_SOUND=m
CONFIG_LOWLEVEL_SOUND=y
# CONFIG_ACI_MIXER is not set
#
# Kernel hacking
#
# CONFIG_PROFILE is not set
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