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Date:      Fri, 10 May 1996 15:36:19 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        scanner@webspan.net (Scanner SOD)
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: mbuf's
Message-ID:  <199605100606.PAA07857@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960509212000.609A-100000@orion.webspan.net> from "Scanner SOD" at May 9, 96 09:21:47 pm

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Scanner SOD stands accused of saying:
> 
> 
> flame me off the list for not paying attention i wasnt really concerned 
> about mbufs till i saw while watching their status that they got up to 
> 90% used. What happens if mbufs get 100% used does the machine die? 
> services get refused?

More get allocated.  The % used figure refers to how many of the allocated
mbufs are actually in use, not the total number in the system.

> Scnaner

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