Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:07:40 -0500 From: Phil Rosenthal <pr@isprime.com> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: >2GB Bugs still exist in FreeBSD 4.9 ? Message-ID: <9B152AA8-6676-11D8-8B23-000A958F0F6A@isprime.com> In-Reply-To: <20040223215839.V48887@ganymede.hub.org> References: <05F984A0-665D-11D8-8B23-000A958F0F6A@isprime.com> <20040223215839.V48887@ganymede.hub.org>
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On Feb 23, 2004, at 9:00 PM, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > I build all my systems with the following in make.conf: > > CFLAGS= -O -mpentium -pipe -g -DKVA_PAGES=512 > COPTFLAGS= -O -mpentium -pipe -DKVA_PAGES=512 > > and the following in my kernel config file: > > options VM_KMEM_SIZE="(400*1024*1024)" > options VM_KMEM_SIZE_MAX="(400*1024*1024)" > > I don't know if that will correct your problem, but the above was after > having oddles of problems with 4GB servers and *alot* of processes > running > ... > > I tried raising KVA_PAGES to 512 a couple of hours ago, as the panic seemed to suggest running out of KVA, and it seems to have resolved it. I haven't touched the VM_KMEM_SIZE/VM_KMEM_SIZE_MAX options, however. Reading the LINT notes, this seems unrelated... Are you sure that's a necessary change? Also, for the maintainer of "man tuning", perhaps KVA_PAGES should be documented as servers with >2GB of ram are only becoming more popular -- hell, I have 3.5GB of ram in my workstation nowadays... --Phil Rosenthal ISPrime, Inc.
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