Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Mon, 26 Nov 2001 16:25:54 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        "Frost, Stephen C" <stephen.c.frost@intel.com>
Cc:        "'freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Solution for "panic: swap_pager_swap_init: swap_zone == NULL"? 
Message-ID:  <200111270025.fAR0Pst05045@mass.dis.org>
In-Reply-To: Message from "Frost, Stephen C" <stephen.c.frost@intel.com>  of "Mon, 26 Nov 2001 13:39:51 PST." <B9ECACBD6885D5119ADC00508B68C1EA0288A3D7@orsmsx107.jf.intel.com> 

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help

G'day.

I'm sorry to say that 4.4 has a regression related to systems with 4GB
of memory, mostly related to poor test coverage.  

You can work around this by reducing the amount of physical memory that
the kernel will use by setting a loader tunable.  At the 10-second countdown
before the kernel starts, hit the spacebar and at the 'ok' prompt type

 set hw.physmem=3G
 boot

Once the system is up and installed, edit /boot/loader.conf and add the line

hw.physmem="3G"

to avoid having to repeat the process every time you boot.

This issue has been corrected in later 4.4-STABLE snapshots, and
should not recur in future releases.

I hope this helps; please don't hesitate to contact us should you have any
more questions.

Regards,
Mike


> I am brand new to the OS.  I test NIC drivers for Intel products and we are
> turning towards an emphasized support for FreeBSD.  One of my test boxes
> produces the following error on bootup: "panic: swap_pager_swap_init:
> swap_zone == NULL"

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200111270025.fAR0Pst05045>