On 2/13/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Rod Smith</b> <<a href="mailto:mythtv@rodsbooks.com">mythtv@rodsbooks.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Monday 12 February 2007 03:43, Jeremy Hunt wrote:<br>> My Myth box using XFS<br>> would crash constantly when recording 3 shows while watching a fourth,<br>> basically heavy IO. After a bit of frustration I found the notes about
<br>> using 8k stack kernels when using XFS and made the switch. It's been 4<br>> months now and no crashes since.<br><br>Would somebody mind providing a pointer to how to make this change? I've seen<br>it mentioned from time to time on this list, and I just Googled for it and
<br>found quite a few references to 4K vs. 8K stacks, but I have yet to see any<br>reference to HOW to change it. I don't recall noticing such an option in the<br>kernel configuration options (I have compiled the Linux kernel more times
<br>than I can remember), but it's possible I've just overlooked it. My apologies<br>if I am overlooking the obvious, but if this ISN'T an obvious option, a<br>pointer to instructions on how to set it (or verify current settings) would
<br>be helpful.</blockquote><div><br></div></div>In the kernel config, it should be under Kernel Hacking->Kernel Debugging->Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb.<br><br>At least with my Gentoo 2.6.16-r7 kernel that's where it is.
<br><br>Steve<br>