Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:16:41 +0100 From: Gerhard Schmidt <estartu@ze.tum.de> To: Andy Hilker <ah@cryptobank.de> Cc: Gerhard Schmidt <estartu@ze.tum.de>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/i386 6-stable + 4 GB RAM Message-ID: <20060315151641.GA3911@augusta.de> In-Reply-To: <20060315151030.GB84666@mail.crypta.net> References: <200603141630.k2EGUgDe053168@lurza.secnetix.de> <4416F383.9050409@centtech.com> <20060315142902.GA3275@augusta.de> <20060315151030.GB84666@mail.crypta.net>
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On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 04:10:30PM +0100, Andy Hilker wrote: > Hi, > > You (Gerhard Schmidt) wrote: > > > The base install, running GENERIC will only use 3GB. I believe you > > > would either need to use the PAE kernel option, or use the 64bit version > > > of FreeBSD on a corresponding 64bit hardware. > > > > I Have a i386 server running with 4Gig of ram without PAE. It's running > > with 5-STABLE. Has this changed in 6.0. > > No. It depends on your hardware how much memory is really available. > But there is no limit at 3GB in general. > > Do you use special options (KVA space etc.) in kernel-config > or make.conf to have a stable system? I have the following options in the kernel # Fix for the Memory problems options VM_KMEM_SIZE_SCALE="4" options VM_KMEM_SIZE_MAX="(1024*1024*1024)" options KVA_PAGES=512 It runs stable for 4 Years now. Some problem when hyperthreading is enabled, but without hyperthreading it's stable sofar. Bye Estartu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gerhard Schmidt | Nick : estartu IRC : Estartu | Fischbachweg 3 | | PGP Public Key 86856 Hiltenfingen | EMail: estartu@augusta.de | on request Germany | |
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