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Date:      Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:22:54 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To:        "Simon Chang" <simonychang@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: collecting pv entries -- suggest increasing PMAP_SHPGPERPROC
Message-ID:  <20081027162254.39a47d1f.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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In response to "Simon Chang" <simonychang@gmail.com>:
> 
> By the way, does anyone know whether there is any way to tune
> PMAP_SHPGPERPROC using sysctl, or does such button/knob not exist?

No.  I've had this discussion with the developer who originally wrote
that code.  The table size is too deep inside the kernel to adjust it
at run time.  The kernel needs to know what it is when it boots, and it
can't change after.

-- 
Bill Moran
http://www.potentialtech.com



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