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Date:      Mon, 16 Oct 2000 05:22:41 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net>
To:        FreeBSD-Stable <stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: procfs: out of memory! 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010160520570.27125-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <BDEDLBCJLIFHONOPCINBGEFFCBAA.wcasama@citytel.net>

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On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, Wyness Casama wrote:

> >>I'm having a little trouble with my procfs... actually, it seems
> >>it's a little too small (4k) for what I'm doing.  Is it possible
> >>to resize the procfs to say: 1mb+?
> 
> >procfs isn't an ordinary file system; it's a projection of system
> >memory into the file system hierarchy.  You never actually put
> >files in it.
> 
> Thanks for the info. :)  I was thinking about the size of procfs (4k)  I'm
> trying to increase that memory space cause the procfs is always full...  I'm
> not too sure why, but it's preventimg me from even running 'top' or
> anything.
> 
> the symptoms just seem to have started as soon as I installed a 3com 3905B
> 10/100 NIC.

    I also have a 3Com 3905B-TX, and I also have a "full" procfs (and
a "full" linprocfs).  AFAIK, they've always been full.  I can run
"top" just fine.

    I submit that your kernel and your userland may be out of synch.

--
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer (at yourfit.com)
behanna@zbzoom.net




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