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Date:      Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:18:36 +0200
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>, Tz-Huan Huang <tzhuan@csie.org>
Subject:   Re: Is there any way to increase the KVM?
Message-ID:  <86y75iah9f.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20080605065330.GA62591@eos.sc1.parodius.com> (Jeremy Chadwick's message of "Wed\, 4 Jun 2008 23\:53\:30 -0700")
References:  <6a7033710805302252v43a7b240x66ca3f5e3dd5fda4@mail.gmail.com> <20080603135308.GC3434@garage.freebsd.pl> <6a7033710806032317g4dbe8845h26a1196016b9c440@mail.gmail.com> <86zlq140x0.fsf@ds4.des.no> <6a7033710806041053g4a5c2fdftd7202b708bff363c@mail.gmail.com> <20080605062728.GA4278@garage.freebsd.pl> <20080605065330.GA62591@eos.sc1.parodius.com>

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Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> That's great to hear, but the point I've made regarding kmem_size not
> being able to extend past 2GB (on i386 and amd64) still stands.  I've
> looked at the code myself, in attempt to figure out where the actual
> limitation is, and the code is beyond my understanding.

IIRC, it's a hardware limitation.  Search the archives for "kmem_size"
and my name for a full explanation.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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