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Date:      Fri, 31 Dec 1999 23:06:42 -0500 (EST)
From:      Charles Youse <cyouse@paradox.nexuslabs.com>
To:        Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Mikhail Teterin <mi@kot.ne.mediaone.net>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Panic: Out of mbuf clusters 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.20.9912312302340.79474-100000@paradox.nexuslabs.com>
In-Reply-To: <199912312233.OAA03103@mass.cdrom.com>

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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
> 
> 
> 
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