on Wed Dec 5 12:11:15 2007, Gergely Czuczy asks: > > I'm to test PostgreSQL on a 7-BETA3. The box has 12GB of memory in it, > I've adjusted the sysctls, but postgresql always fails to allocate the > SHM if it's bigger then 2GB. > > How can I make it to allocate more SHM than 2G at once? > > sysctl.conf: > kern.ipc.shmall=3D1572864 > kern.ipc.shmmax=3D6442450944 > kern.ipc.semmap=3D1024 > kern.ipc.shm_use_phys=3D1 > > /boot/loader.conf: > zfs_load=3D"YES" > vm.kmem_size=3D"1073741824" > vm.kmem_size_max=3D"1073741824" > kern.ipc.semmni=3D1024 > kern.ipc.semmns=3D2048 > kern.ipc.semmnu=3D1024 > > I've also hit a similar issue with qemu, but that wasn't shared memory, > I had just tried to make it allocate more than 2GBs for a single vm, but > that also failed. Still haven't figured out why was that.
Is this an i386 or amd64 arch? What is the returned error code? (this might tell a lot). I notice that the allocation size for the syscall is an "int". --Mark Tinguely. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"