Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 04:29:00 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, sthaug@nethelp.no, roberto@keltia.freenix.fr, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VM messed: vm_page_free panic problem Message-ID: <199802160429.VAA27002@usr05.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199802160301.TAA04333@dingo.cdrom.com> from "Mike Smith" at Feb 15, 98 07:01:44 pm
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> > I would be surprised if these disks would boot on a 5M system without > > PSE capability. I think we are talking 6M now. > > The entire BOOTMFS image is a bit under 3MB. 5MB is probably still > workable, but the installation will be slower than if you have 8MB+ > (buffer cache, less MFS paging, etc.) Why does FreeBSD require 5M to boot, then? If the kernel loads at 1M, and takes 3M or less, then the 5M requirement should go away, right? I mean, 1 + 3 = 4... > > The easiest test would be to build a distribution after defining > > DISABLE_PSE, and see if those boot. > > Try the next SNAP from current.freebsd.org. I expect we'll hear about > it one way or the other. 8) Yup. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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