Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 13:43:59 -0700 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org Cc: svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r287934 - head/sys/boot/efi/loader Message-ID: <5683583.PWsk0G3i3G@ralph.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <201509172036.t8HKalKU088025@repo.freebsd.org> References: <201509172036.t8HKalKU088025@repo.freebsd.org>
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On Thursday, September 17, 2015 08:36:47 PM John Baldwin wrote: > Author: jhb > Date: Thu Sep 17 20:36:46 2015 > New Revision: 287934 > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/287934 > > Log: > The EFI boot loader allocates a single chunk of contiguous memory to > hold the kernel, modules, and any other loaded data. This memory block > is relocated to the kernel's expected location during the transfer of > control from the loader to the kernel. > > The GENERIC kernel on amd64 has recently grown such that a kernel + zfs.ko > no longer fits in the default staging size. Bump the default size from > 32MB to 48MB to provide more breathing room. I believe that this should work fine for any system with 64MB of RAM. One downside of the static size is that the loader fails if it can't allocate a contiguous staging size (it isn't able to grow the staging area on demand). -- John Baldwin
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