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189935b1 | 1 | This document pertains to kernel panics with FreeBSD involving mbufs. |
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3 | This is a well documented problem with programs such as ircu, and inn that | |
4 | involve a lot of clients, the solution is generally to set the option 'NMBCLUSTERS' | |
5 | to a reasonably higher number the default is 1024, you should first try increasing | |
6 | this *10 (10240) and continue checking mbuf usage with netstat -m. | |
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8 | It has been recommended that this be increased as far as *50 (51200) (although more | |
9 | won't hurt, it uses more memory, so don't go too far overboard) it's been stated | |
10 | over and over that the default is very low, but then, you're supposed to know how | |
11 | to configure your OS for what you're doing right? =) | |
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13 | There is a note in the configuration for this: | |
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15 | # Note that you will probably want to bump up NMBCLUSTERS a lot to use | |
16 | options NMBCLUSTERS=1024 | |
17 | Merely change the 1024 to the number that best suites your system. | |
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20 | -poptix poptix@poptix.net | |
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28 | April 17, 2000 Matthew S. Hallacy |