Re: Two kernel problems

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 24 Aug 1998 14:25:36 +0100 (BST)


> 1. Can't open /dev/dsp!
> If the problem is due to fragmented buffers I wonder if this will
> be fixed in 2.2 and if some poeple are working on it.

The 2.1.x vm layer isnt much different so we can't expect it to
improve materially. It does seem to be a lot better however

> 2. block on freelist at <address> isn't free

Thats almost always hardware problems. You are also running 2.0.33 which
has plenty of known bugs fixed in .34/.35/.36pre, including the ability
to crash it remotely

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