Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 09:23:52 +0100 From: Doug Rabson <dfr@rabson.org> To: Henri Hennebert <hlh@restart.be> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /boot/loader can't load kernel if too many pool/devices Message-ID: <B266CCAD-83F8-4906-AE97-B001CACCC26A@rabson.org> In-Reply-To: <4A23ABF2.3070601@restart.be> References: <4A23ABF2.3070601@restart.be>
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On 1 Jun 2009, at 11:22, Henri Hennebert wrote: > Hello, > > During my tests (succesful) to directly boot from ZFS (with zfsboot > and gptzfsboot) I encounter the error "can't boot 'kernel'" if too > many devices/pools are connected to the machine. In my case: > > 2 SAS disks with 2 pools > 2 SATA disks with 2 pools > 1 USB key with one pool > > `heap` command: > > Active Allocations: 171/173 > 536576 bytes reserved 527800 bytes allocated > > `ls` command: > > open '/' failed: too many open files > > If I reboot without the USB key all is OK. > > If I reboot from the USB key after disconnecting 2 disks all is OK. > > By the way, the /boot/loader in 7.2-STABLE don't work, complains > about forth not found. > > The previous tests were made with 7.2-STABLE (May 31) with /boot/ > loader from 8.0-CURRENT. I recently increased the number of file descriptors available for / boot/loader. Could you rebuild and try again please. Make sure you rebuild libstand.a as well as /boot/loader.
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