[eepro100] card reports no resources

[Wei Keong]

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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