Ivan Voras wrote: > Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > > > Let try to think how we can warn people clearly about proper tunning and > > what proper tunning actually means. I think we should advise increasing > > KVA_PAGES on i386 and not only vm.kmem_size. We could also warn that > > running ZFS on 32bit systems is not generally recommended. Any other > > suggestions? > > I'd suggest we do give all three warnings (KVA_PAGES, kmem_size, i386) > at once, preferably both when the ZFS module loads and when a zpool is > created. I think it's important that the tree pieces of information be > given at the same time so the user doesn't need to hunt solutions > after panics. How about including the URL of the ZFS tuning guide in the warning message: http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSTuningGuide It contains all the necessary information for both i386 and amd64 machines. It can also easily be updated if necessary so people always get the most up-to-date information. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "Documentation is like sex; when it's good, it's very, very good, and when it's bad, it's better than nothing." -- Dick BrandonReceived on Tue Jan 08 2008 - 16:58:49 UTC
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