Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:41:24 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/include pmap.h src/sys/amd64/include pmap.h Message-ID: <20040913184124.GA85053@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <41427524.1020601@samsco.org> References: <200409110131.i8B1VQLd076558@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040911034621.GA70947@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <41427524.1020601@samsco.org>
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On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 09:46:44PM -0600, Scott Long wrote: > 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. > The answer is not it does not fix the panic. This system contains no ATA hardware and so the ATA driver is not loaded. -- Steve
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