Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 15:25:42 +0200 From: "Claus Guttesen" <kometen@gmail.com> To: Stephen.Clark@seclark.us Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Panic with RELENG_6_2 on DELL PE 4600 with PAE Message-ID: <b41c75520710040625ne39c96co39f07d4d166468d0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4704E87D.4020608@seclark.us> References: <47039CB4.5040306@seclark.us> <4703C245.9000104@mac.com> <4703C4FB.4030809@seclark.us> <4703C687.2010201@mac.com> <4703D5B6.4070003@seclark.us> <fe0lhg$t21$1@sea.gmane.org> <4704E87D.4020608@seclark.us>
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> >>Why would there be no space when I have 24GB of memory? > > > >1. Any process, including the kernel can only allocate up to 4 GB of > >memory on a 32-bit system (since a 32-bit integer can only hold that > >many values) > >2. The kernel is further constrained so the user programs can get enough > >memory > >3. Kernel structures for tracking and using memory are also stored in > >kernel memory. 24 GB of memory with PAE probably "eats up" a lot of > >those. I think you'll need to increase kmem_size (see > >http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSTuningGuide for an example - ignore > >ZFS-specific things). > It made no difference. Still the same error. > > Is anyone actually using PAE with FreeBSD 6.2? I have found practically > no information using > google. But why use i386 with so much ram? Wouldn't it make more sense running amd64 instead? -- regards Claus When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner. Shakespeare
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