cvs commit: src/sys/i386/include pmap.h src/sys/amd64/include pmap.h

Steve Kargl sgk at troutmask.apl.washington.edu
Mon Sep 13 11:41:25 PDT 2004


On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 09:46:44PM -0600, Scott Long wrote:
> Steve Kargl wrote:
> >On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 01:31:26AM +0000, Scott Long wrote:
> >
> >>scottl      2004-09-11 01:31:26 UTC
> >>
> >> FreeBSD src repository
> >>
> >> Modified files:
> >>   sys/i386/include     pmap.h 
> >>   sys/amd64/include    pmap.h 
> >> Log:
> >> Double the number of kernel page tables for amd64 and for i386/PAE.  The 
> >> old
> >> value was only enough for 8GB of RAM, the new value can do 16GB.  This 
> >> still
> >> isn't optimal since it doesn't scale.  Fixing this for amd64 looks to be
> >> fairly easy, but for i386 will be quite difficult.
> >> 
> >> Reviewed by: peter
> >> 
> >
> >Does this fix the panic in 
> >
> >http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-August/035172.html
> >
> 
> It may.  However, if you have the ATA driver loaded it will also cause
> memory allocation problems in >4GB systems also.  Soeren recently
> committed a fix for that.
> 

The answer is not it does not fix the panic.  This system
contains no ATA hardware and so the ATA driver is not
loaded.


-- 
Steve


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