From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 14 16:47:03 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43B6C16A401 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:47:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh1.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFA6743D45 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:47:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [10.177.171.220] (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by mh1.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k2EGl29I075554 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:47:02 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <4416F383.9050409@centtech.com> Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:46:59 -0600 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060112) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <200603141630.k2EGUgDe053168@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <200603141630.k2EGUgDe053168@lurza.secnetix.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1329/Mon Mar 13 18:22:03 2006 on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: Re: FreeBSD/i386 6-stable + 4 GB RAM X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:47:03 -0000 Oliver Fromme wrote: > Hi, > > I'll be getting a few new machines for a customer soon. > They will be SMP (dual processor Pentium-IV) with 4 GB RAM, > and I plan to install FreeBSD/i386 6-stable on them. > > What's the current status of running with that amount of > memory? I'm not completely up to date in that regard, and > searching the archive didn't get any definitive answers. > I remember that there were several issues in the past, but > I have no idea if they still exist. They required fiddling > with VM_KMEM_SIZE_MAX, or KVA_PAGES or similar things. > > Will FreeBSD/i386 6-stable run on a 4 GB machine out of the > box? Do I have to apply special tuning (kernel config or > sysctl or whatever)? Using PAE shouldn't be necessary, I > assume. > > It would also be interesting to know if 4-stable (which is > currently running on the predecessor machines) would run > without problems on those new 4 GB ones, too. > > Thanks in advance for any information! > The base install, running GENERIC will only use 3GB. I believe you would either need to use the PAE kernel option, or use the 64bit version of FreeBSD on a corresponding 64bit hardware. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------