Re: System unstable while squid running

In article <cistron.20000708.16052900@ns.scenicrim.ddns.org>,
Brett M <techsupp@hypermax.net.au> wrote:
>
>On 7/8/00, 11:46:33 PM, list-squid@news.cistron.nl (Miquel van
>Smoorenburg) wrote regarding Re: System unstable while squid running:
>
>> In article
><cistron.Pine.LNX.4.21.0007081406510.29869-100000@redshift.europeonline
>.net>,
>> Tristan Schmurr <tsc@europeonline.net> wrote:
>> >Hello,
>> >
>> >I experience some problems with squid running.
>> >Jul 8 13:15:57 glop115 kernel: eth0: Memory squeeze, deferring
>packet.
>> ># ps aux
>> >bash: fork: Cannot allocate memory
>> >Under FreeBSD, I get less error messages but sometime the system
>reboots itself
>> >I tried with different NIC (3COM 3c905-C, Intel Express Pro 100,
>Realtek
>> >8139) on different hardware machines.
>
>> Try to put some more RAM into your machine.. you are running out of
>memory
>
>....except of course if you are running rtl8139B and discover more ram
>doesn't do a thing for the problem (it's a bug in the rtl8139
>netdriver as released in and up to 2.2.16)...

Does the rtl8139 driver eat all virtual memory in the system so
that it even results in messages like:

># ps aux
>bash: fork: Cannot allocate memory

.. that is bad.

Mike.

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