Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:27:53 -0700 (PDT) From: "R. B. Riddick" <arne_woerner@yahoo.com> To: Raymond Owens <owensr@comcast.net>, freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question concerning proper usage of kernel variables net.bpf.bufsize and vm_kmem_size_max Message-ID: <20060726072753.17138.qmail@web30312.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <000701c6b04f$70c9b4d0$0501a8c0@desky64>
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--- Raymond Owens <owensr@comcast.net> wrote: > Questions: > Can VM_KMEM_SIZE_MAX be set manually with sysctl? > No, but you could set it with this procedure: 1. Insert the lines vm.kmem_size=123456789 vm.kmem_size_max=1234567890 in /boot/loader.conf 2. reboot That should change those values... (see src/sys/kern/kern_malloc.c) I wonder, why your box needs such a big buffer? Do u have network traffic bursts or so? -Arne __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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