Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 13:05:23 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: ttsai@pobox.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 512K L2 cache problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961229130346.242A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199612272052.OAA31840@edison.ebicom.net>
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On Fri, 27 Dec 1996, Tim Tsai wrote: > I usually get a kernel panic (page fault, following by disk sync ... > giving up ... reboot) with 512K of cache enabled. Generally it will > boot the OS OK (but not always) but compiling the kernel will generate > the panic everytime. > > I am sending all the cache back for now. All the machines have 64M to > 128M of 60ns EDO RAM. Should I bother with the additional 256K of > cache? It certainly can't hurt you, but if it won't work it won't work. BTW -- don't forget to rebuild the kernel with MAXMEM=131072 on your 128mb machines so that FreeBSD will see the upper 64MB. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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