Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> writes:
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> Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely12.cicely.de> writes:
> > On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 03:30:41PM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav wrot=
e:
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> > > Speaking of which, I tried setting vm.kmem_size to 2G on a C2D system
> > > with 4 GB RAM, but it simply panics:
> > >=20
> > > OK set vm.kmem_size=3D2G
> > This sounds like there's a signed 32 bit limit somewhere.
> Yes, this is really stupid - vm.kmem_size is an int.  Thanks for setting
> me on the right track.

Actually, somebody pointed out to me that due to the memory model used,
amd64 can only have 2 GB KVA, and that includes other things besides
kmem, so even with the tunable bug fixed, the best I can hope for is
probably 1.5 GB.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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