[parisc-linux] Kernel Swapping yet?

[Richard Hirst]

On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 10:49:12AM -0500, Phillip D. Beal wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> I've been playing around with the 715 I got to boot, and I've found an
> odd occurance.  If I open an existing file with vi, and hit escape the
> kernel crashes.  It doesn't matter if the file is locally or on a remote
> system it does it either way.  So, I remeber the instructions from the
> PA-Linux 0.1 CD saying the kernel isn't useing the swap space yet.  Is
> this still true? I know the problem is not vi because the kernel dies
> even if I use vi on the remote system.  The PARISC system dies when I go
> to hit ESC to exit insert mode of vi.

I don't recall ever seeing that problem on my 715/75.  What kernel and
userspace are you using?

Richard