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Martin DiViaio wrote:
> Can someone tell me how to set the kernel's cache size? I've read the
> memory.txt file in the kernel's Documentation directory and it says to turn
> off caching in the BIOS. Unfortunately I can not do this because there isn't
> an option for it. The kernel is allocating over half of my online RAM for it's
> cache and since I only have 40MB online this is a real problem.
If I recall correctly, it has to be set at compile time on 2.2.x. 2.4 will allow
dynamic cache allocation (a la Solaris).
OTOH, memory is pretty cheap these days.
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