Subject: Re: mb_map full
To: C Kane <ckane@best.com>
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
List: current-users
Date: 10/06/1997 12:57:39
On October 6, you wrote:
> I have NetBSD-i386/1.2G and it is giving me these errors from time to time:
>
> Oct 3 00:43:26 smdls1 /netbsd: mb_map full
> Oct 3 01:43:26 smdls1 /netbsd: mb_map full
> Oct 3 02:58:26 smdls1 /netbsd: mb_map full
> Oct 3 03:43:25 smdls1 /netbsd: mb_map full
> Oct 3 04:43:24 smdls1 /netbsd: mb_map full
> Oct 3 04:58:25 smdls1 /netbsd: mb_map full
> Oct 3 05:43:23 smdls1 /netbsd: mb_map full
>
> What is an mb_map, should I be concerned that it is full, and how is
> the situation corrected?
This drifted across one of the lists a few months ago:
>Apr 17 04:12:33 lazy /netbsd: mb_map full
>
>I've tried uping maxusers and NKMEMCLUSTERS, but it does not appear to
>have improved things. Is there some other parameter that I need to be
>adjusting?
>
NMBCLUSTERS needs to be upped. it defaults to 256 (or 512 if you have
defined GATEWAY (1024/2048 for pica and pmax)) but i usually use 1024
for machines that need more than they default to.
Hope this helps.
-Dave McGuire
mcguire@neurotica.com