Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 11:30:31 -0700 From: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@gmail.com> To: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: swap space issues Message-ID: <CAEC7391AHKXd0KfJdUGKMv1QRh_AtA1BrtqaQwy3dXEoJEMoDw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <E8763B97-2DB7-4C77-864D-08155168E352@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> References: <CAEC7391qs%2BA-jMpR1RyvR-BmnLyiksXHkQUjsGeePuEZJfMciw@mail.gmail.com> <20200625000410.GA10210@eureka.lemis.com> <CAEC7390VDxbYSY%2B4_fEaYxwdSPzbFWUVTdHw=vbAgq%2Bnmv09Vw@mail.gmail.com> <20200625025248.GB10210@eureka.lemis.com> <CAEC73938Wjb5MHvLW36PdoAy_nso-tSN51AhUYydC6qxY99pog@mail.gmail.com> <E8763B97-2DB7-4C77-864D-08155168E352@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
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On 6/25/20, Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> wrote: > On Jun 24, 2020, at 11:34 PM, Donald Wilde <dwilde1@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I think I've missed in this thread where you said which FreeBSD arch you are > running: is it FreeBSD/amd64 or FreeBSD/i386? (With an "old" machine, 4 GB > RAM, and an install still using MBR, it could potentially be FreeBSD/i386.) > Sorry, Paul. You're right, I didn't say. amd64. Here's 'uname -a' FreeBSD Synergy000010 12.1-STABLE FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE r362500 LIBERTYSERVER amd64 > If it is FreeBSD/i386, there is a precedent for it having problems with > configuring large amounts of swap. However, it is usually related to having > relatively little RAM, too (large amounts of swap space means the OS needs > to use more RAM to keep track of it). > That's good to know, Paul. I am once again doing embedded work, which means I will be coding 32-bit ARM M7's soon enough. Here's 'pstat -s' on the i3 (which registers as cpu HAMMER): Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity /dev/ada0s1b 33554432 0 33554432 0% /dev/ada0s1d 33554432 0 33554432 0% Total 67108864 0 67108864 0% -- Don Wilde **************************************************** * What is the Internet of Things but a system * * of systems including humans? * ****************************************************
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