From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Dec 31 14:44:22 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from paradox.nexuslabs.com (cc718001-a.vron1.nj.home.com [24.11.70.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 255FE14E95; Fri, 31 Dec 1999 14:44:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cyouse@paradox.nexuslabs.com) Received: from localhost (cyouse@localhost) by paradox.nexuslabs.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA79514; Fri, 31 Dec 1999 23:06:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from cyouse@paradox.nexuslabs.com) Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 23:06:42 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Youse To: Mike Smith Cc: Mikhail Teterin , stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Panic: Out of mbuf clusters In-Reply-To: <199912312233.OAA03103@mass.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Why aren't they dynamically allocated using the kernel memory management routines? This is an honest question - I don't know enough about the kernel to complain. I was wondering what the pitfalls were. Chuck On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > Mike Smith once stated: > > > > => How am I supposed to test my system, both hardware and software, if I > > => can't push them to their limits? > > = > > =You're welcome to push the system to its limit. All you're seeing is > > =that the system is telling you that you've hit it, and how to move that > > =limit further out. > > > > With all due respect, it should not require a reboot for this... > > You are invited to submit code fixes to work around this; it's a > long-standing BSD limitation that we'd all love to be rid of. Until > then, can we leave off the "it would be nice if", and just deal with the > way things are? > > -- > \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith > \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message