Steve Shorter wrote: > I need an NFS server with 4G ram. When I boot a 4.5-PRE kernel > it panics during the boot process, not always at the same place though. > My first instinct is bad hardware because of the lack of consistency > in panic location, however I was wondering if there were some issues > with kernel tuning for machines with large memory that I should be aware of. > This machine boots OK with 3G or less.
You really need to change the allocation of swap page descriptors in /sys/i386/machdep.c (among other things). I personally suggest compiling your kernel with 3G KVA/1G User, instead of the default of 1G KVA/3G User. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
