From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 7 20:14:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA1BE16A4E1 for ; Mon, 7 Aug 2006 20:14:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh2.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40BDB43D64 for ; Mon, 7 Aug 2006 20:14:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [10.177.171.220] (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by mh2.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k77KETP3038252 for ; Mon, 7 Aug 2006 15:14:30 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <44D79F38.4060404@centtech.com> Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 15:14:48 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060802) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Hackers References: <44D77D70.1030508@centtech.com> <20060807194923.GA20676@voi.aagh.net> In-Reply-To: <20060807194923.GA20676@voi.aagh.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1639/Mon Aug 7 08:34:09 2006 on mh2.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: Re: ollecting pv entries -- suggest increasing PMAP_SHPGPERPROC X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 20:14:38 -0000 On 08/07/06 14:49, Thomas Hurst wrote: > * Eric Anderson (anderson@centtech.com) wrote: > >> I saw these two warnings come up soon after rebooting a server >> (running 5-STABLE): >> >> kernel: collecting pv entries -- suggest increasing PMAP_SHPGPERPROC >> kernel: collecting pv entries -- suggest increasing PMAP_SHPGPERPROC >> >> I see there is a tunable for tweaking, but I'm not certain what I'm >> really tweaking. Any hints or guidelines? > > PV entries are related to the amount of memory that's shared between > processes. > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2003-May/000695.html > explains a bit. > Thanks, that answered my question perfectly! Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------