Subject: port-i386/1909: NKPDE fix.
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Neil J. McRae <neil@mandy.domino.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 01/07/1996 16:39:02
>Number: 1909
>Category: port-i386
>Synopsis: NKPDE fix.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: low
>Responsible: gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sun Jan 7 11:50:01 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Neil J. McRae
>Organization:
-- neil@domino.org Domino: In the glow of the night. --
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>Release: 1.1
>Environment:
System: NetBSD mandy.domino.org 1.1A NetBSD 1.1A (MANDY) #13: Tue Dec 26 05:22:46 GMT 1995 neil@mandy.domino.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/MANDY i386
>Description:
Kernels with options NKMEMCLUSTERS=8192 fail to boot.
>How-To-Repeat:
Build a kernel such as above.
>Fix:
Increase src/sys/arch/i386/i386/pmap.h: NKPDE from 12 to 31.
This however may not be fully correct, if not can you tell me why :-)
>Audit-Trail:
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