Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 13:01:33 -0600 (CST) From: Karl Denninger <karl@Mcs.Net> To: dyson@freebsd.org Cc: karl@Mcs.Net, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hmmmm... now I'm confused Message-ID: <199611141901.NAA01005@Jupiter.Mcs.Net> In-Reply-To: <199611141834.NAA01376@dyson.iquest.net> from "John Dyson" at Nov 14, 96 01:34:27 pm
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> > Hi folks, > > > > Ok, now I don't understand..... > > > > I built a new kernel with -current to support more than 128MB with the > > following options.... > > > > options "MAXMEM=262144" # 256 * 1024, 256MB maximum RAM > > options "MAXDSIZ=201326592" > > options "DFLDSIZ=201326592" > > > > 256MB supported RAM and huge process sizes... > > > > Those were the only changes from a working kernel which is running on > > the same hardware (a Pentium PRO 200 with 128MB of RAM). Then I added > > more physical memory. > > > > I rebooted, and the "de" cards in the box (two 100BaseTX boards) both > > disappeared! > > > > They identify ok during the boot, and claim to be there, but an "ifconfig > > de0" comes up "no such device"! > > > > I removed the extra RAM and went back to 128M, and it STILL happens! > > With or without the memory in there; it appears that the MAXMEM line up > > there blows the de cards out of the water! > > > > What's going on here, and is there a work-around for this? > > > Did you control the experiment and determine if it is/might be the > MAXMEM (phys mem) or the MAX/DFL DSIZ definitions? It sounds to me > that it is the (MAX/DFL)DSIZ definitions -- right, or am I dense? :-)... > > John I found it. Somewhere in the last few weeks something changed in the "ifconfig" program. I loaded that from the "make world" on the codebase machine, and the problem disappeared. Odd stuff! -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - The Finest Internet Connectivity http://www.mcs.net/~karl | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service | 32 Analog Prefixes, 13 ISDN, Web servers $75/mo Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| Email to "info@mcs.net" WWW: http://www.mcs.net/ Fax: [+1 312 248-9865] | 2 FULL DS-3 Internet links; 400Mbps B/W Internal
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