kern/126972: [boot] kernel fails to load with a big mfs image

[David Naylor]

The following reply was made to PR kern/126972; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Naylor <naylor.b.david at gmail.com>
To: "Artis Caune" <artis.caune at gmail.com>
Cc: bug-followup at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: kern/126972: [boot] kernel fails to load with a big mfs image
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 20:07:57 +0200

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 On Sunday 31 August 2008 16:15:21 Artis Caune wrote:
 > Hi,
 >
 > you should edit i386/include/pmap.h and cange
 > NKPT to something bigger (default 30 is for ~120M)
 > and recompile kernel.
 >
 > If you need 320Mb mfs root, set NKPT to ( 320 / 4 ) =3D 80
 
 The above procedure works.  If there is a compelling reason to not change N=
 KPT=20
 then, I think, the PR has been resolved.
 
 Thanks for the quick reply.
 
 David
 
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