Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:20:03 GMT From: Martin Etteldorf <etteldor@mail.be> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/118955: googleearth causes panic in 7.0-BETA4/i386 - kmem_malloc/kmem_map too small Message-ID: <200712261520.lBQFK3sf025059@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/118955; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Martin Etteldorf <etteldor@mail.be> To: kris@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/118955: googleearth causes panic in 7.0-BETA4/i386 - kmem_malloc/kmem_map too small Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:58:18 +0100 (CET) Kris, > Your kernel ran out of memory. Increase the vm.kmem_size tunable in > /boot/loader.conf (it usually defaults to 300*1024*1024 = 314572800) > until the problem goes away. If the problem persists even with a large > kmem_map there might be a memory leak in the kernel. Thanks for your help. I increased the vm.kmem_size gradually in 25% steps and after I reached 200% of the default value (671088640), the problem went away. Shouldn't I modify vm.kmem_size_max as well? It's currently still at its default value, which is 335544320. Kind regards, Martin Etteldorf ----------------------------------------------------- Mail.be, WebMail and Virtual Office http://www.mail.be
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