Memory handling problem with FreeBSD 5.3?

Scott Long scottl at freebsd.org
Thu Dec 30 09:42:48 PST 2004


Christian R. wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:02:16 +0100, you wrote:
> 
> 
>>Would the AMD64 version of FreeBSD 5.3 be a better choice?
> 
> 
> I have now installed the AMD64 version on the server. It has been
> running stable now for some hours with alot of load and all the 6 GB
> activated. It seems to be a problem with the i386 version og FreeBSD
> 5.3.
> 

i386 and amd64 have the exact same code for handling the needs of the
amr driver.  I'm a bit worried that one works for you while the other
doesn't; I extensively tested the code on both platforms with 8GB of
RAM.

Scott


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