From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 30 21:40:07 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC871106566B for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:40:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E4608FC16 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:40:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ncsd.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.59] helo=ncs.bris.ac.uk) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RryxJ-0005Y3-U9 for freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:40:06 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncs.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RryxJ-00008b-R3 for freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:40:05 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q0ULe5qi001924 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:40:05 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bris.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q0ULe5Mx001923 for freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:40:05 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bris.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bris.ac.uk using -f Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:40:05 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120130214005.GA1902@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <201201272230.q0RMUF6x029199@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201201272230.q0RMUF6x029199@freefall.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Subject: Re: sparc64/164227: commit references a PR X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:40:07 -0000 On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 10:30:15PM +0000, dfilter service wrote: > The following reply was made to PR sparc64/164227; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: dfilter@FreeBSD.ORG (dfilter service) > To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org > Cc: > Subject: Re: sparc64/164227: commit references a PR > Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:25:55 +0000 (UTC) > > Author: marius > Date: Fri Jan 27 22:25:46 2012 > New Revision: 230630 > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/230630 > > Log: > For machines where the kernel address space is unrestricted increase > VM_KMEM_SIZE_SCALE to 2, awaiting more insight from alc@. As it turns > out, the VM apparently has problems with machines that have large holes > in the physical address space, causing the kmem_suballoc() call in > kmeminit() to fail with a VM_KMEM_SIZE_SCALE of 1. Using a value of 2 > allows these, namely Blade 1500 with 2GB of RAM, to boot. just to confirm that I can boot r230767M on my blade 1500 with 2GB ram. Many thanks -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423