Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 13:24:09 -0400 From: "Galella, Anthony" <anthony.galella@intel.com> To: "'Buki'" <dev@null.cz>, "Galella, Anthony" <anthony.galella@intel.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: what is m_clalloc and NMBCLUSTERS? Message-ID: <59F55CE047A6D51196360002A534A4AC37040C@pysmsx102.py.intel.com>
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Ok, I can set this value in the kernel, but I would like to find out what is the m_clalloc function doing and what does increasing NMBCLUSTERS actually do? What is the cause of the problem? Too much i/o over the network interface? Thanks Anthony J. Galella anthony.galella@intel.com -----Original Message----- From: Buki [mailto:dev@null.cz] Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 12:05 PM To: Galella, Anthony Cc: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' Subject: Re: what is m_clalloc and NMBCLUSTERS? On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 06:19:56PM -0400, Galella, Anthony wrote: > I noticed this pop up in my logfile today, anyone have any ideas? > I am running FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE with Samba 2.2.3a the machine is a dual > > Apr 10 16:38:18 ftx1 /kernel: m_clalloc failed, consider increase > NMBCLUSTERS value > Apr 10 16:38:18 ftx1 /kernel: fxp0: cluster allocation failed, packet > dropped! > Apr 10 16:38:18 ftx1 last message repeated 76 times > Apr 10 16:38:19 ftx1 /kernel: m_clalloc failed, consider increase > NMBCLUSTERS value > Apr 10 16:38:19 ftx1 /kernel: fxp0: cluster allocation failed, packet > dropped! > Apr 10 16:38:20 ftx1 /kernel: m_clalloc failed, consider increase > NMBCLUSTERS value > Apr 10 16:38:21 ftx1 /kernel: fxp0: cluster allocation failed, packet > dropped! > Apr 10 16:38:21 ftx1 last message repeated 4 times > Apr 10 16:38:22 ftx1 /kernel: m_clalloc failed, consider increase > NMBCLUSTERS value > > Can anyone tell me what this means and how to resolve it? it simply mean what it says. try increasing NMBCLUSTERS value in kernel config (found in /sys/i386/conf) and recompile the kernel (and reboot) Buki > > Thank You > Anthony J. Galella > anthony.galella@intel.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- PGP public key: http://dev.null.cz/buki.asc /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML & Outlook Mail / \ http://www.thebackrow.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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