Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 21:46:44 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/include pmap.h src/sys/amd64/include pmap.h Message-ID: <41427524.1020601@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <20040911034621.GA70947@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <200409110131.i8B1VQLd076558@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040911034621.GA70947@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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Steve Kargl wrote: > On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 01:31:26AM +0000, Scott Long wrote: > >>scottl 2004-09-11 01:31:26 UTC >> >> FreeBSD src repository >> >> Modified files: >> sys/i386/include pmap.h >> sys/amd64/include pmap.h >> Log: >> Double the number of kernel page tables for amd64 and for i386/PAE. The old >> value was only enough for 8GB of RAM, the new value can do 16GB. This still >> isn't optimal since it doesn't scale. Fixing this for amd64 looks to be >> fairly easy, but for i386 will be quite difficult. >> >> Reviewed by: peter >> > > > Does this fix the panic in > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-August/035172.html > It may. However, if you have the ATA driver loaded it will also cause memory allocation problems in >4GB systems also. Soeren recently committed a fix for that. Scott
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