From owner-freebsd-stable Thu May 9 23:00:00 1996 Return-Path: owner-stable Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA12075 for stable-outgoing; Thu, 9 May 1996 23:00:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA12058 for ; Thu, 9 May 1996 22:59:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id PAA07857; Fri, 10 May 1996 15:36:20 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605100606.PAA07857@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: mbuf's To: scanner@webspan.net (Scanner SOD) Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 15:36:19 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Scanner SOD" at May 9, 96 09:21:47 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-stable@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[