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Date:      Sat,  1 Apr 2000 00:19:12 -0500 (EST)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
Cc:        Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, nsayer@kfu.com, freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: VMware locks FreeBSD 4.0 solid
Message-ID:  <14565.34363.113650.743338@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200004010041.QAA35417@apollo.backplane.com>
References:  <38E3FB31.3DD4D170@sftw.com> <14564.53252.962047.551231@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <200003311728.JAA29464@apollo.backplane.com> <14565.2133.162680.554248@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <200004010041.QAA35417@apollo.backplane.com>

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Matthew Dillon writes:
 >     It isn't really MFS's fault, and I am sure there are other situations
 >     that will lock up the same way.
 > 
 >     The issue is that we are getting a low-memory deadlock.  Perhaps VMWare
 >     is wiring too many pages or something like that... I don't know yet.

That was my first thought.  It keeps something like 75MB wired.  On my 
desktop (only 192MB) that's a sizeable fraction.

 >     I think Nick's problem is different from the one you were encountering.

Yes, probably. 

Drew


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