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Date:      Mon, 07 Aug 2006 15:14:48 -0500
From:      Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>
To:        FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ollecting pv entries -- suggest increasing PMAP_SHPGPERPROC
Message-ID:  <44D79F38.4060404@centtech.com>
In-Reply-To: <20060807194923.GA20676@voi.aagh.net>
References:  <44D77D70.1030508@centtech.com> <20060807194923.GA20676@voi.aagh.net>

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On 08/07/06 14:49, Thomas Hurst wrote:
> * Eric Anderson (anderson@centtech.com) wrote:
> 
>> I saw these two warnings come up soon after rebooting a server
>> (running 5-STABLE):
>>
>> kernel: collecting pv entries -- suggest increasing PMAP_SHPGPERPROC
>> kernel: collecting pv entries -- suggest increasing PMAP_SHPGPERPROC
>>
>> I see there is a tunable for tweaking, but I'm not certain what I'm
>> really tweaking.  Any hints or guidelines?
> 
> PV entries are related to the amount of memory that's shared between
> processes.
> 
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2003-May/000695.html
> explains a bit.
> 


Thanks, that answered my question perfectly!

Eric


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Eric Anderson        Sr. Systems Administrator        Centaur Technology
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