From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 23 22:44:51 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C244A106566B; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:44:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from avg@icyb.net.ua) Received: from citadel.icyb.net.ua (citadel.icyb.net.ua [212.40.38.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2F5C8FC1C; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:44:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from porto.topspin.kiev.ua (porto-e.starpoint.kiev.ua [212.40.38.100]) by citadel.icyb.net.ua (8.8.8p3/ICyb-2.3exp) with ESMTP id AAA07164; Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:44:46 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from avg@icyb.net.ua) Received: from localhost.topspin.kiev.ua ([127.0.0.1]) by porto.topspin.kiev.ua with esmtp (Exim 4.34 (FreeBSD)) id 1NNZwj-000L8R-UX; Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:44:45 +0200 Message-ID: <4B329CF9.2020407@icyb.net.ua> Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:43:05 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091128) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Butler References: <4B31AABD.2020804@ongs.co.jp> <4B322F56.3050703@protected-networks.net> <4B324994.2010805@icyb.net.ua> <4B328172.8070507@protected-networks.net> In-Reply-To: <4B328172.8070507@protected-networks.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org, freebsd-current Subject: Re: JFYI: VirtualBox stable/unstable setteings (3.0.51.r22902) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:44:51 -0000 on 23/12/2009 22:45 Michael Butler said the following: > On 12/23/09 11:47, Andriy Gapon wrote: >> on 23/12/2009 16:55 Michael Butler said the following: >>> Another data point: >>> >>> setting "vm.pmap.pg_ps_enabled=1" on my core duo seems to invite random >>> "fault on no-fault entry" panics. I have been unable to pin this down >>> any further because, even with a full debug + invariant kernel, it locks >>> solid with no dump saved :-( >> >> uname -m: i386 or amd64? > > FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #12 r200840: Tue Dec 22 10:38:57 EST 2009 i386 OK. I am not sure about the exact details but there seems to be a known issue with superpages on i386 and that's the reason they are disabled by default. So, it's probably best not to enable them for time being. -- Andriy Gapon