From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 13 18:41:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5846616A4D5; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:41:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.208.78.105]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24FE643D1F; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:41:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i8DIfOws085066; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:41:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost)i8DIfOfk085065; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:41:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:41:24 -0700 From: Steve Kargl To: Scott Long Message-ID: <20040913184124.GA85053@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <200409110131.i8B1VQLd076558@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040911034621.GA70947@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <41427524.1020601@samsco.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41427524.1020601@samsco.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org cc: src-committers@freebsd.org cc: Scott Long cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/include pmap.h src/sys/amd64/include pmap.h X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:41:25 -0000 On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 09:46:44PM -0600, Scott Long wrote: > Steve Kargl wrote: > >On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 01:31:26AM +0000, Scott Long wrote: > > > >>scottl 2004-09-11 01:31:26 UTC > >> > >> FreeBSD src repository > >> > >> Modified files: > >> sys/i386/include pmap.h > >> sys/amd64/include pmap.h > >> Log: > >> Double the number of kernel page tables for amd64 and for i386/PAE. The > >> old > >> value was only enough for 8GB of RAM, the new value can do 16GB. This > >> still > >> isn't optimal since it doesn't scale. Fixing this for amd64 looks to be > >> fairly easy, but for i386 will be quite difficult. > >> > >> Reviewed by: peter > >> > > > >Does this fix the panic in > > > >http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-August/035172.html > > > > It may. However, if you have the ATA driver loaded it will also cause > memory allocation problems in >4GB systems also. Soeren recently > committed a fix for that. > The answer is not it does not fix the panic. This system contains no ATA hardware and so the ATA driver is not loaded. -- Steve