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Date:      Wed, 10 Sep 1997 18:38:31 -0700
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Network Coordinator <nc@ai.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Memory >64 suballoc error? 
Message-ID:  <199709110138.SAA14031@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 10 Sep 1997 20:34:21 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.91.970910203217.21381A-100000@alyssa.ai.net> 

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>When trying to get BSD to recognize >64MB in certain machines [AMI bios] 
>only 130688k is reported instead of 131xxxk, and the kernel with the 
>appropriate MAXMEM value hangs immediately during initial boot up with a 
>sub allocation panic error (3). 
>
>Any ideas? This is readily reproducible, but doesn't happen on any other 
>machine I have found . The motherboard is a generic.

   The suballoc failure is caused by running out of kernel virtual memory.
This is likely caused by a kernel config parameter being too high.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project



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