From owner-svn-src-head@freebsd.org Thu Sep 17 22:30:46 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7416D9CE3EF; Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:30:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net) Received: from mx1.sbone.de (bird.sbone.de [46.4.1.90]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mx1.sbone.de", Issuer "SBone.DE" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 266A3133E; Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:30:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net) Received: from mail.sbone.de (mail.sbone.de [IPv6:fde9:577b:c1a9:31::2013:587]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.sbone.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1D6AF25D37C7; Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:30:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from content-filter.sbone.de (content-filter.sbone.de [IPv6:fde9:577b:c1a9:31::2013:2742]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.sbone.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5732DC76FD4; Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:30:35 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at sbone.de Received: from mail.sbone.de ([IPv6:fde9:577b:c1a9:31::2013:587]) by content-filter.sbone.de (content-filter.sbone.de [fde9:577b:c1a9:31::2013:2742]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ykxY9Q87cDfS; Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:30:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [IPv6:fde9:577b:c1a9:4410:b0eb:d363:56cd:6b4b] (unknown [IPv6:fde9:577b:c1a9:4410:b0eb:d363:56cd:6b4b]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.sbone.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C3473C76FD2; Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:30:33 +0000 (UTC) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2104\)) Subject: Re: svn commit: r287934 - head/sys/boot/efi/loader From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" In-Reply-To: <5683583.PWsk0G3i3G@ralph.baldwin.cx> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:30:15 +0000 Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <201509172036.t8HKalKU088025@repo.freebsd.org> <5683583.PWsk0G3i3G@ralph.baldwin.cx> To: John Baldwin X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2104) X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:30:46 -0000 > On 17 Sep 2015, at 20:43 , John Baldwin wrote: >=20 > 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 >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> 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. >=20 > 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). how do md_images work in that case?