Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 14:37:14 +0200 From: Anton Sayetsky <vsasjason@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Timothy Macintyre <tmacintyre@outlook.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.0 16kb Page Size Message-ID: <CAA2O=b_3Yrd3fydDrw-H6AY7UHh-6=T0Pvuig9D2Gs7VUV9tMg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20160319132752.932a5a1e.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <VI1PR05MB1343B48CB99607A90FB15C09DA8C0@VI1PR05MB1343.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com> <20160319132752.932a5a1e.freebsd@edvax.de>
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2016-03-19 14:27 GMT+02:00 Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>: > On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:11:17 +0000, Timothy Macintyre wrote: >> I'm trying to do some testing on FreeBSD 9.0 with the page size >> set to 16kb on amd64 but I'm having trouble building a stable kernel. >> >> I've changed the PAGE_SHIFT to 14 under param.h and also updated >> pmap.h/c with the following values so it doesn't complain about >> invalid struct sizes at compile but I'm getting a crash after >> install and reboot. Is there something I'm missing here? >> >> >> #define _NPCM 12 >> #define _NPCPV 677 > > You should probably repeat that experiment with a currently > supported code base. FreeBSD 9.0 is already EOL. The best > idea would be to use the FreeBSD 10.2 release (amd64) and > make the required changes. > > In case you have a valid reason not to use FreeBSD 10, but > instead need to keep FreeBSD 9, try the most current release, > which is FreeBSD 9.3. Remember: it's a legacy release, not a > production release. You're wrong. I've just checked official FreeBSD site: >LATEST RELEASES >Production: 10.2, 10.1, 9.3 > If you have done this and you're still experiencing problems, > write to the freebsd-hackers@ mailing list, which is primarily > intended for higher-level "Technical Discussions relating to > FreeBSD", as freebsd-questions@ is mostly a users' question > list (less technical, often focused on "easy" problems). > Messing with the bowels of the kernel's memory management > isn't a typical "user question". ;-)
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