Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 07:34:00 -0500 From: Raul Zighelboim <mango@staff.communique.net> To: "'freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org'" <freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org> Subject: about MAXDSIZ and DFLDSIZ under 2.2.2-RELEASE Message-ID: <A03CD00C69B1D01195AB00A024ECEB161736A1@kaori.Communique.Net>
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[Raul Zighelboim] Hello! I posted the following to freebsd-questions, but I did not received any response (probably because I was not subscribed to that list :-( )..... So, here I go again: > Hello there... > > I am running a news server with 256megs or ram. At some point > every morning, afer running news.daily, the server has been crashing > with the message: > > SERVER cant remalloc 16323584 bytes Cannot allocate memory > > I think I should be able to prevent this from happening by allowing > news processes to use as much memory as they want (does this include > swap space ?) witht he two options: > > #options "MAXDSIZ=(256*1024*1024)" > #options "DFLDSIZ=(256*1024*1024)" > > but as it happens, whenever I enable them, nothing other than the > kernel will be able to run, with the message 'not enough memory to run > application' '-) > > I cannot find instructions anywhere (except under LINT) for this > options. > > So, the question: What is the correct format of these options, and > how do I build the kernel to allow inn (and other news processes) to > use as much memory as they want (as long as they dont crash the > system), while at the same time allowing me to run code (inn, for > example) on thte server ? > > Thanks.
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