Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:49:57 +0100 (CET) From: "Lars Kristiansen" <lars@adventuras.no> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Swapfile problem in 6? Message-ID: <55810.213.236.228.129.1132087797.squirrel@mail.adventuras.no> In-Reply-To: <20051115181822.GB76352@green.homeunix.org> References: <20051115065740.GH39882@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> <20051115101537.38820.qmail@web36208.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20051115181822.GB76352@green.homeunix.org>
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> On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 02:15:37AM -0800, Rob wrote: >> >> One more thing, for those who are reading this thread. >> >> Concerning my kernel locking up while using a >> swapfile: >> >> I had an infinite while loop running during the >> kernel compilation, printing out 'swapinfo' every >> 15 seconds. The last output before the machine goes >> dead is this: >> >> /dev/ad0s1b 39848 11820 39848 30% >> /dev/md0 131072 5908 131072 5% >> Total 170920 17728 153192 10% >> >> which means that swap space is OK right before the >> freeze, but within 15 seconds from here, the kernel >> locks up.... > > In my experience, fifteen seconds is enough to fill up 130+MB of swap, > so a much smaller polling interval is necessary. Probably true, but when trying with only one swap partition instead of swapfile, and that partition gets filled up, the build process failed and the computer continued to work as normal. Regards -- Lars > > -- > Brian Fundakowski Feldman \'[ FreeBSD > ]''''''''''\ > <> green@FreeBSD.org \ The Power to > Serve! \ > Opinions expressed are my own. > \,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,\ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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