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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=20
larger cast in 7.x (to use beyond 4GB kernel memory map), I opened a=20
ticket yesterday.

If memory serves me right, sometime around Yesterday, eculp@casasponti.net.=
=2E.:

>
> Weldon S Godfrey 3 <weldon@excelsus.com> escribi=F3:
>
>>=20
>> I did a quick search for this and didn't see anyone seeing this.
>>=20
>> I am running 7.0-PRERELEASE amd64
>>=20
>> This is my loader.conf:
>>=20
>> vm.kmem_size_max=3D"16106127360"
>> vm.kmem_size=3D"1073741824"
>> kern.maxvnodes=3D"800000"
>
> I've always changed those variables in /etc/sysctl.conf
>
> ed
>
>>=20
>> However, this is what happens after reboot:
>>=20
>> 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#
>>=20
>>=20
>> Is there some issue with vm.kmem_size_max being larger than 3G?  If this=
 has=20
>> been fixed, let me know.  I am using 7.0-RELEASE loader from amd64 iso s=
ince=20
>> for some reason, when I complile a new loader on this Dell 2950-iii, I g=
et=20
>> an unusable loader (it just hangs before the screen to select safe mode,=
=20
>> single user mode, etc).
>>=20
>> Thanks,
>>=20
>> Weldon
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