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Date:      Tue, 21 Oct 1997 00:36:21 +0200
From:      j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Urge to apply the vn device hack even to 2.2.5
Message-ID:  <19971021003621.XE33370@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199710202003.WAA06920@adv.IAEhv.nl>; from Arjan de Vet on Oct 20, 1997 22:03:28 %2B0200
References:  <199710201615.KAA29216@rocky.mt.sri.com> <199710202003.WAA06920@adv.IAEhv.nl>

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As Arjan de Vet wrote:

> I've done a 'make release' for 2.2-stable at least 5 times last week and I
> haven't seen the vn panics either (with 64MB of RAM). Only some ioctl
> message, see below.

I didn't have an occasion to run a full `make release' after applying
Nate's fix within the short time remaining before 2.2.5 is due.
However, i've tried to torture the vn device of such a kernel, and
haven't seen any ill effect.  So i think we are safe with it.

Perhaps it's indeed that you've got too much RAM.  I remember Mr. KATO
telling something about a condition that the lockmgr panic happened
whenever something (from the vn object) was about to be paged in or
out.  So my normal (-current) `make release' machine has 32 MB of RAM
(and X11 running by the same time), perhaps that condition is simply
more likely then.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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