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Date:      Wed, 20 Feb 2002 10:31:06 -0800 (PST)
From:      dan kelley <djk121@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   /kernel: m_clalloc failed, consider increase NMBCLUSTERS value
Message-ID:  <20020220183106.94308.qmail@web20602.mail.yahoo.com>

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hi-

i've been running 4-STABLE on a mailserver for about a
year now.
the machine runs qmail, courier-imap, and little else.
 it does virus scan
every email that crosses it, so it's a dual PIII-800.

usually, i cvsup every 2-3 weeks to track 4-STABLE; 
this has never caused
a problem for me.

right now, i'm the kernel is built from sources from
2/15/02.

for the last 2-3 days, i've noticed syslog messages
like the one in the
subject line.  the entries look like this:

Feb 20 12:41:38 mx1 /kernel: m_clalloc failed,
consider increase NMBCLUSTERS value
Feb 20 12:42:09 mx1 last message repeated 28 times
Feb 20 12:44:10 mx1 last message repeated 95 times
Feb 20 12:50:08 mx1 last message repeated 265 times
Feb 20 13:04:32 mx1 last message repeated 144 times
Feb 20 13:10:10 mx1 last message repeated 276 times

when this happens, the machine drops off the network
for 5-10 minutes
before magically reappearing.

i did some searches of the freebsd archives, and
didn't find many
references to the error message above.  what little i
did find looked like
it related to special kernel parameters that are
needed for certain
gigabit ethernet drivers (ti) - this machine has a
Intel EtherExpress
PRO/100B (fxp0).

nothing has changed on this machine in the last 10
days (or 100, for that matter) except the normal
buildworld.kernel upgrade process.  the machine load
and the amount of SMTP traffic shows no spikes.

i'd greatly appreciate it if someone could point me in
the right direction.

please cc me with any replies;  i'm not subscribed to
the list.

thanks-

dan

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