Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 08:38:12 -0500 (EST) From: Weldon S Godfrey 3 <weldon@excelsus.com> To: eculp@casasponti.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: loader.conf issues Message-ID: <20081204083633.J23406@emmett.excelsus.com> In-Reply-To: <20081203163253.17qwm4xctqaoccc4w@intranet.casasponti.net> References: <20081203103803.V43611@emmett.excelsus.com> <20081203163253.17qwm4xctqaoccc4w@intranet.casasponti.net>
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Thanks, I meant to update this earlier, it appears that the kmem tunables need a larger cast in 7.x (to use beyond 4GB kernel memory map), I opened a ticket yesterday. If memory serves me right, sometime around Yesterday, eculp@casasponti.net...: > > Weldon S Godfrey 3 <weldon@excelsus.com> escribió: > >> >> I did a quick search for this and didn't see anyone seeing this. >> >> I am running 7.0-PRERELEASE amd64 >> >> This is my loader.conf: >> >> vm.kmem_size_max="16106127360" >> vm.kmem_size="1073741824" >> kern.maxvnodes="800000" > > I've always changed those variables in /etc/sysctl.conf > > ed > >> >> However, this is what happens after reboot: >> >> store1# sysctl -a | grep kmem >> vm.kmem_size_scale: 3 >> vm.kmem_size_max: 3221225472 >> vm.kmem_size_min: 0 >> vm.kmem_size: 1073741824 >> store1# sysctl -a | grep kern.maxvn >> kern.maxvnodes: 100000 >> store1# >> >> >> Is there some issue with vm.kmem_size_max being larger than 3G? If this has >> been fixed, let me know. I am using 7.0-RELEASE loader from amd64 iso since >> for some reason, when I complile a new loader on this Dell 2950-iii, I get >> an unusable loader (it just hangs before the screen to select safe mode, >> single user mode, etc). >> >> Thanks, >> >> Weldon >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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