Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 11:26:31 -0400 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: 'jon giles' <jong@clinedavis.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: trouble compiling kernel with memory option Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105A4B@site2s1>
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Don't put <> around the number. The <n> just means replace this with a number. It should read... options "MAXMEM=131072" or options "MAXMEM=(1024*128)" -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: jon giles [SMTP:jong@clinedavis.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 11:14 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: trouble compiling kernel with memory option > > Hello: > > Using top, I found that the 128MB of ram we have in our machine was not > being used. Only about 64MB > is being seen by BSD. > > I found a faq on bsd.org that said that the kernel needs to be told > explicitly how much ram there is in the machine. The faq suggested to > channge MYKERNEL config file by adding this line. > > "options "MAXMEM=<n>" > > Where n is your memory in Kilobytes. For a 128 MB machine, you'd want to > use 131072." > > After adding this line, my make came back with this error: > > cc -c -O -Wreturn-type -Wcomment -Wredundant-decls -Wimplicit > -Wnested-externs -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes > -Wpointer-arith -nostdinc -I- -I. -I../.. -I/usr/include > -DAPM_BROKEN_STATCLOCK -DFAILSAFE -DCOMPAT_43 -DCD9660 -DMSDOSFS -DNFS > -DFFS -DINET -DKERNEL ../../i386/i386/machdep.c > ../../i386/i386/machdep.c: In function `init386': > ../../i386/i386/machdep.c:1157: parse error before `<' > *** Error code 1 > > If I take out the line, if makes fine. > > Any help with this would really be apreciated. > > Thanks, > > jon giles > jong@clinedavis.com > > > > Here is a copy of my MYKERNEL file: > # > # GENERIC -- Generic machine with WD/AHx/NCR/BTx family disks > # > # For more information read the handbook part System Administration -> > # Configuring the FreeBSD Kernel -> The Configuration File. > # The handbook is available in /usr/share/doc/handbook or online as > # latest version from the FreeBSD World Wide Web server > # <URL:http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/>; > # > # An exhaustive list of options and more detailed explanations of the > # device lines is present in the ./LINT configuration file. If you are > # in doubt as to the purpose or necessity of a line, check first in > LINT. > # > # $Id: GENERIC,v 1.77.2.8 1997/04/18 14:06:20 nate Exp $ > > machine "i386" > #cpu "I386_CPU" > #cpu "I486_CPU" > cpu "I586_CPU" > #cpu "I686_CPU" > ident giles_kernel > maxusers 10 > > #options MATH_EMULATE #Support for x87 emulation > options INET #InterNETworking > options FFS #Berkeley Fast Filesystem > options NFS #Network Filesystem > options MSDOSFS #MSDOS Filesystem > options "CD9660" #ISO 9660 Filesystem > options PROCFS #Process filesystem > options "COMPAT_43" #Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!] > options SCSI_DELAY=15 #Be pessimistic about Joe SCSI device > options BOUNCE_BUFFERS #include support for DMA bounce buffers > options UCONSOLE #Allow users to grab the console > options FAILSAFE #Be conservative > options USERCONFIG #boot -c editor > options VISUAL_USERCONFIG #visual boot -c editor > options "MAXMEM=<131072>" #for mem of 128M > > config kernel root on sd0 > > > controller isa0 > controller eisa0 > controller pci0 > > controller fdc0 at isa? port "IO_FD1" bio irq 6 drq 2 vector fdintr > disk fd0 at fdc0 drive 0 > #disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1 > #tape ft0 at fdc0 drive 2 > tape ft0 at fdc0 drive 1 > > controller wdc0 at isa? port "IO_WD1" bio irq 14 vector wdintr > disk wd0 at wdc0 drive 0 > disk wd1 at wdc0 drive 1 > > controller wdc1 at isa? port "IO_WD2" bio irq 15 vector wdintr > disk wd2 at wdc1 drive 0 > disk wd3 at wdc1 drive 1 > > options ATAPI #Enable ATAPI support for IDE bus > options ATAPI_STATIC #Don't do it as an LKM > device wcd0 #IDE CD-ROM > > # A single entry for any of these controllers (ncr, ahb, ahc, amd) is > # sufficient for any number of installed devices. > controller ncr0 > controller amd0 > controller ahb0 > controller ahc0 > controller bt0 at isa? port "IO_BT0" bio irq ? vector bt_isa_intr > controller uha0 at isa? port "IO_UHA0" bio irq ? drq 5 vector uhaintr > controller aha0 at isa? port "IO_AHA0" bio irq ? drq 5 vector ahaintr > controller aic0 at isa? port 0x340 bio irq 11 vector aicintr > controller nca0 at isa? port 0x1f88 bio irq 10 vector ncaintr > controller nca1 at isa? port 0x350 bio irq 5 vector ncaintr > controller sea0 at isa? bio irq 5 iomem 0xc8000 iosiz 0x2000 vector > seaintr > > controller scbus0 > > device sd0 > > device od0 #See LINT for possible `od' options. > > device st0 > > device cd0 #Only need one of these, the code dynamically grows > > device wt0 at isa? port 0x300 bio irq 5 drq 1 vector wtintr > device mcd0 at isa? port 0x300 bio irq 10 vector mcdintr > > controller matcd0 at isa? port 0x230 bio > > device scd0 at isa? port 0x230 bio > > # syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console > device sc0 at isa? port "IO_KBD" tty irq 1 vector scintr > # Enable this and PCVT_FREEBSD for pcvt vt220 compatible console driver > #device vt0 at isa? port "IO_KBD" tty irq 1 vector pcrint > #options PCVT_FREEBSD=210 # pcvt running on FreeBSD >= 2.0.5 > #options XSERVER # include code for XFree86 > #options FAT_CURSOR # start with block cursor > # If you have a ThinkPAD, uncomment this along with the rest of the PCVT > lines > #options PCVT_SCANSET=2 # IBM keyboards are non-std > > # Mandatory, don't remove > device npx0 at isa? port "IO_NPX" flags 0x1 irq 13 vector npxintr > > # > # Laptop support (see LINT for more options) > # > device apm0 at isa? disable # Advanced Power Management > options APM_BROKEN_STATCLOCK # Workaround some buggy APM BIOS > # PCCARD (PCMCIA) support > #controller crd0 > #device pcic0 at crd? > #device pcic1 at crd? > > device sio0 at isa? port "IO_COM1" tty irq 4 vector siointr > device sio1 at isa? port "IO_COM2" tty irq 3 vector siointr > device sio2 at isa? disable port "IO_COM3" tty irq 5 vector siointr > device sio3 at isa? disable port "IO_COM4" tty irq 9 vector siointr > > device lpt0 at isa? port? tty irq 7 vector lptintr > device lpt1 at isa? port? tty > device mse0 at isa? port 0x23c tty irq 5 vector mseintr > > device psm0 at isa? disable port "IO_KBD" conflicts tty irq 12 vector > psmintr > > # Order is important here due to intrusive probes, do *not* alphabetize > # this list of network interfaces until the probes have been fixed. > # Right now it appears that the ie0 must be probed before ep0. See > # revision 1.20 of this file. > device de0 > device fxp0 > device vx0 > > device ed0 at isa? port 0x280 net irq 5 iomem 0xd8000 vector edintr > device ed1 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 5 iomem 0xd8000 vector edintr > device ie0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 iomem 0xd0000 vector ieintr > device ie1 at isa? port 0x360 net irq 7 iomem 0xd0000 vector ieintr > device ep0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 vector epintr > device ex0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 iomem 0xd0000 vector exintr > device fe0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq ? vector feintr > device le0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 5 iomem 0xd0000 vector le_intr > device lnc0 at isa? port 0x280 net irq 10 drq 0 vector lncintr > device ze0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 5 iomem 0xd8000 vector zeintr > device zp0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 iomem 0xd8000 vector zpintr > > pseudo-device loop > pseudo-device ether > pseudo-device log > pseudo-device sl 1 > # ijppp uses tun instead of ppp device > #pseudo-device ppp 1 > pseudo-device vn 1 > pseudo-device tun 1 > pseudo-device pty 16 > pseudo-device gzip # Exec gzipped a.out's > > # KTRACE enables the system-call tracing facility ktrace(2). > # This adds 4 KB bloat to your kernel, and slightly increases > # the costs of each syscall. > options KTRACE #kernel tracing > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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