Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 13:06:47 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), sthaug@nethelp.no, roberto@keltia.freenix.fr, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VM messed: vm_page_free panic problem Message-ID: <199802162106.NAA07728@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 16 Feb 1998 14:01:49 GMT." <199802161401.HAA08629@usr01.primenet.com>
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> > > Why does FreeBSD require 5M to boot, then? If the kernel loads at 1M, > > > and takes 3M or less, then the 5M requirement should go away, right? > > > I mean, 1 + 3 = 4... > > > > It doesn't. You can boot FreeBSD on a machine with 2M. > > > > You need 5M to avoid having the *installation* disk puke when it runs > > out of memory. > > Now Lucy, 'splain me this: > > How can I map 5M with only one 4M page? You don't, obviously. Pardon my checking, Terry, but are you twitting me or do you really not understand the issues at all? -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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