Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 11:46:09 +1000 From: Duncan Anker <d.anker@au.darkbluesea.com> To: ulf@Alameda.net Cc: Richard Chew <rchew@telstra.net>, Wahyu Hidayat <wahyuhid@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: running out of mbuf Message-ID: <3D7808E1.4060302@au.darkbluesea.com> References: <20020906013248.24028.qmail@web40007.mail.yahoo.com> <5.1.1.6.2.20020906113915.040d71b8@gomer.telstra.net> <20020905184255.O1069@seven.alameda.net>
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Ulf Zimmermann wrote: >On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 11:41:17AM +1000, Richard Chew wrote: > > >>Hi >> >> From your message below, you seem to be running out of mbuf clusters. >> >>You need to modify NBMCLUSTERS in your kernel config file in >>/usr/src/sys/i386/conf/ and set >> >> options NBMCLUSTERS=dd >> >>where dd is a number greater than the current max. Just how much will >>depend on your particular circumstances. >> >>Recompile the kernel and that should be all. >> >> > >You should also be able to raise this via sysctl, the variable >kern.ipc.nmbclusters from what I remember. > No, you can't. This one has to be set early. However it *can* be set in /boot/loader.conf which I feel is a better place to put it since it saves a kernel recompile. Suggest also that you periodically run netstat -m to see how much you need to allocate. Regards, Duncan Anker To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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