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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 package

  1. Bug #176562
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 176562

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Florent (florent.x) wrote :

Please merge this patch in the planned release, or something similar.
IMHO it should be fixed in the LTS version Hardy, to improve support for low memory machines.

Explanation of the change:
- the reserved space for linux-restricted-modules is set to 64m by default (instead of half the available RAM)
- now it can be overridden easily in file /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common
  (similar to what is done in /etc/default/tmpfs for the SHM_SIZE)

Notes:
- the "tmpfs" mount point use both RAM and swap space
- there's no error on mount if the RAM+swap is too small
- the minimal required size to load all restricted modules is 38m for the 2.6.24-17 kernel