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Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Claus Guttesen <kometen@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: 4.x Collecting pv entries Suggest increasing PMAP_SHPGPERPROC,
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Stephen Clark wrote:
> Claus Guttesen wrote:
>> Stephen Clark wrote:
>>> I know FreeBSD 4.x is old..., but we are using on a production system
>>> with postgres and apache. The above message
>>> is appearing periodically. I googled for the message but found no
>>> recommendation for adjusting it.
>>
>> Is the sysctl kern.vm.pmap.shpgperproc available on 4.x? This can be
>> configured in /boot/loader.conf.
> 
> It does not appear to be available via a sysctl in 4.x.

But you can put that option into the kernel config file:

   options PMAP_SHPGPERPROC=...

and build a new kernel with it.

Regards,

    Uwe
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