From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Nov 14 10:08:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA22218 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 10:08:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from Kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA22156 for ; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 10:07:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from Mailbox.mcs.com (Mailbox.mcs.com [192.160.127.87]) by Kitten.mcs.com (8.8.2/8.8.2) with ESMTP id MAA15900 for ; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 12:07:44 -0600 (CST) Received: from Jupiter.Mcs.Net (karl@Jupiter.mcs.net [192.160.127.88]) by Mailbox.mcs.com (8.8.2/8.8.2) with ESMTP id MAA08605 for ; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 12:07:43 -0600 (CST) Received: (from karl@localhost) by Jupiter.Mcs.Net (8.8.2/8.8.2) id MAA29039 for hackers@freebsd.org; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 12:07:42 -0600 (CST) From: Karl Denninger Message-Id: <199611141807.MAA29039@Jupiter.Mcs.Net> Subject: Hmmmm... now I'm confused To: hackers@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 12:07:42 -0600 (CST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi folks, Ok, now I don't understand..... I built a new kernel with -current to support more than 128MB with the following options.... options "MAXMEM=262144" # 256 * 1024, 256MB maximum RAM options "MAXDSIZ=201326592" options "DFLDSIZ=201326592" 256MB supported RAM and huge process sizes... Those were the only changes from a working kernel which is running on the same hardware (a Pentium PRO 200 with 128MB of RAM). Then I added more physical memory. I rebooted, and the "de" cards in the box (two 100BaseTX boards) both disappeared! They identify ok during the boot, and claim to be there, but an "ifconfig de0" comes up "no such device"! I removed the extra RAM and went back to 128M, and it STILL happens! With or without the memory in there; it appears that the MAXMEM line up there blows the de cards out of the water! What's going on here, and is there a work-around for this? -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - The Finest Internet Connectivity http://www.mcs.net/~karl | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service | 32 Analog Prefixes, 13 ISDN, Web servers $75/mo Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| Email to "info@mcs.net" WWW: http://www.mcs.net/ Fax: [+1 312 248-9865] | 2 FULL DS-3 Internet links; 400Mbps B/W Internal