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>Definitely too little RAM there. HTTP uploads via PHP take up more
>memory than FTP (I think PHP reads the whole file into memory first)...
>if I can't find a way to reduce the memory usage, we'll just have to
>bump the minimum recommended amount of memory to 48 or even 64 MB, as
>this is a sign that 32 MB are simply barely enough and even using
>several memory-intensive standard m0n0wall features at once could lead
>to the same problem...

Given what m0n0wall is based on, I'm amazed it does (mostly) work on 32mb
of RAM; but since updating the firmware requires loading a relatively large
file (15% of RAM!) into memory, it's not surprising that it's pushing 32mb
systems over the edge; there's just not a lot of margin to work with.

I'm sure you have the data in the survey, but in case anecdotal use cases
are, well, useful: I run m0n0wall on a Soekris net4501 with 64mb of RAM. So
pushing the minimum requirements up a bit is no problem for me.

But the Soekris systems have no way to add more RAM, so I would be really
disappointed if m0n0wall ever overflowed that requirement. Seems like a
long ways off, but it's a slippery slope.

Cheers!

Michael
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