[eepro100] card reports no resources

[Wei Keong]

Thanks John, will try it out


On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, John Ketchum wrote:

> 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
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