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Date:      Tue, 22 Apr 1997 15:55:21 -0700
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Can't put 512MB ram in box ... Extended memory question. 
Message-ID:  <199704222255.PAA16049@root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 22 Apr 1997 10:36:37 PDT." <Pine.NEB.3.95.970422103449.25438i-100000@mail.cdsnet.net> 

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>I get a "kmem_suballoc" panic.
>
>kmem_suballoc: bad status return of 3
>
>
>Any ideas why?  Kernel is compiled with MAXMEM=523264.  The memory is seen
>by the BIOS boot.

   It means that the kernel has run out of kernel virtual memory. You have
two options: either more carefully tune your system (maxusers, NMBCLUSTERS)
to take less KVM, or (difficult) apply various changes to increase the kernel
virtual memory. I had to do the latter on wcarchive, but not only does this
require kernel changes, but also requires that the userland be rebuilt, and
additionally breaks BSD/OS compatibility.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project



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