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| author |   millert <millert@openbsd.org> | 2000-04-30 18:41:30 +0000 |
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| committer | millert <millert@openbsd.org> | 2000-04-30 18:41:30 +0000 |
| commit | 0bb9966a1a115d6500d1487b8d0a8ef428f451c8 (patch) | |
| tree | d8c530658580dc9218f5678018054f6f4d2c4518 | |
| parent | Add OPENDEV_BLCK flag for opening the block devices (the character (diff) | |
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Mention you should not use soft updates on sun4 or sun4c due to the
small amount of kvm supported by those CPUs.
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/ffs_softupdates.4 | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/ffs_softupdates.4 b/share/man/man4/ffs_softupdates.4 index 18b49fc5a78..4b7b6da0e00 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/ffs_softupdates.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/ffs_softupdates.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ffs_softupdates.4,v 1.3 2000/02/16 16:53:23 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ffs_softupdates.4,v 1.4 2000/04/30 18:41:30 millert Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1998 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com> .\" All rights reserved. @@ -56,7 +56,17 @@ on, then run .Dq reboot -n . .Sh CAVEATS Soft updates should be considered experimental at this time. -.br +.Pp +CPUs with a small kernel address space, such as the sun4 and +sun4c, do not have enough kernel memory to support +.Em Soft Updates . +Attempts to use +.Em Soft Updates +on these CPUs will cause a kernel hang or panic after a short period of +use as the kernel will quickly run out of memory. This is not related +to the amount of physical memory present in the machine--it is a limitation +of the CPU architecture. +.Pp There should be a .Xr mount 2 option to enable |