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Date:      Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:10:32 -0600
From:      Richard Todd <rmtodd@ichotolot.servalan.com>
To:        Alan Cox <alan.l.cox@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, rnoland@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Getting 'vm_thread_new: kstack allocation failed' errors after latest drm updates.
Message-ID:  <20081223011032.GA3228@ichotolot.servalan.com>
In-Reply-To: <ca3526250812221327y26339f12pbdc03704262c88a7@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 03:27:37PM -0600, Alan Cox wrote:
> What does "sysctl vm.kvm_free vm.kvm_size" report to you on a kernel that
> boots?

On the "good" kernel: 
vm.kvm_free: 8384512
vm.kvm_size: 2147479552

And on the "bad" kernel:
vm.kvm_free: 0
vm.kvm_size: 2147479552

Not quite sure what "kvm_free" means, but a value of 0 for any "free" count 
can't be good, right? 





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