> On Wed, 3 Sep 1997 22:15:25 +0000 
>  "Tomas T. Peiser, CET" <tom@pop.fundy.net> wrote:
> 
>  > I have been trying to build a 128M kernel without success. My last 
>  > two attempts have given the following error right after the memory 
>  > was detected.
>  > 
>  > Stopped at _Debugger 0x4 leave
>  > kmem_suballoc : bad status return of 3 
>  > kmem_suballoc
>  > (this may mot be 100% exact but but it's close)
> 
> What version of NetBSD?  When you're in the debugger, can you get
> a backtrace?
> 
The version is 1.2G and here is the backtrace and the config file if 
that helps.

backtrace from netbsd-cur2

Booting sd(0,a)netbsd-cur2 @ 0x100000
585728+53248+48744+[49632=55394]=0x1c18b2
entry point at 0x100020
[ preserving 105036 bytes of netbsd symbol table ]

STD messages (copywrite and kernel info)

cpu0: family 6 model 1 step 9
cpu0: Intel Pentium Pro (686-class)
real mem = 133824512
kem_suballoc: bad status return of 3
panic kem_suballoc
Stopped at	_Debugger+0x4:	leave
db> trace
_Debugger(800000,f81c4f48,f8160847,f816079a,f8160771) at Debugger+0x4
_panic(f816079a,f8160771,f81c4f7c,f81c4f78) at _panic+0x46
_kmem_suballoc(f8249000,f81a671c,f81c4f7c,800000,0) at
_kmem_suballoc+0x4b _cpu_startup(f81909b8,1c2ffc,1c2000,1e4000,1c2000)
at _cpu_startup+0x1f1 _main(0,0,0,0,0) at _main+0x45 db>

Config file for 128M kernel

#	$NetBSD: HOMEWORLD,v 1.17 1997/07/02 02:44:11 cjs Exp $
#
#Firestorm
#

include "arch/i386/conf/std.i386"

#options 	I386_CPU	# CPU classes; at least one is REQUIRED
#options 	I486_CPU	# CPU classes; at least one is REQUIRED
#options 	I586_CPU
options 	I686_CPU
#options 	MATH_EMULATE	# floating point emulation
#options 	VM86		# Virtual 8086 emulation

# Some BIOSes don't get the size of extended memory right.  If you
# have a broken BIOS, uncomment the following and set the value
# properly for your system. From a message re Kernel panic tried no
# success
#options NKPDE=31

options 	BIOSEXTMEM=130048	# size of extended memory

options 	DUMMY_NOPS	# speed hack; recommended
options 	XSERVER,UCONSOLE
#options 	INSECURE	# insecure; allow /dev/mem writing for X

maxusers	64		# estimated number of users
options 	RTC_OFFSET=0	# hardware clock is this many mins. west of GMT
#options 	NTP		# NTP phase/frequency locked loop

options 	DDB		# in-kernel debugger
#makeoptions	DEBUG="-g"	# compile full symbol table
options 	DIAGNOSTIC	# internal consistency checks
options 	KTRACE		# system call tracing, a la ktrace(1)

#options 	SYSVMSG		# System V-like message queues
#options 	SYSVSEM		# System V-like semaphores
#options 	SYSVSHM		# System V-like memory sharing
#options 	SHMMAXPGS=1024	# 1024 pages is the default

options 	COMPAT_NOMID	# compatibility with 386BSD, BSDI, NetBSD 0.8,
#options 	COMPAT_09	# NetBSD 0.9, #options 	COMPAT_10	# NetBSD 1.0,
options 	COMPAT_11	# NetBSD 1.1, options 	COMPAT_12	# NetBSD 1.2,
options 	COMPAT_43	# and 4.3BSD options 	TCP_COMPAT_42	# TCP bug
compatibility with 4.2BSD

#options 	COMPAT_SVR4	# binary compatibility with SVR4
#options 	COMPAT_IBCS2	# binary compatibility with SCO and ISC
#options 	COMPAT_LINUX	# binary compatibility with Linux
#options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD	# binary compatibility with FreeBSD

#options 	EXEC_ELF32	# 32-bit ELF executables (SVR4, Linux)

#options 	USER_LDT	# user-settable LDT; used by WINE
#options 	LKM		# loadable kernel modules

file-system 	FFS		# UFS
#file-system 	NFS		# Network File System client
#file-system 	LFS		# log-structured file system
file-system 	MFS		# memory file system
file-system 	CD9660		# ISO 9660 + Rock Ridge file system
#file-system 	MSDOSFS		# MS-DOS file system
file-system 	FDESC		# /dev/fd
#file-system 	KERNFS		# /kern
#file-system 	NULLFS		# loopback file system
#file-system 	PORTAL		# portal filesystem (still experimental)
file-system 	PROCFS		# /proc
#file-system 	UMAPFS		# NULLFS + uid and gid remapping
#file-system 	UNION		# union file system

#options 	QUOTA		# UFS quotas
#options 	NFSSERVER	# Network File System server
options 	FIFO		# FIFOs; RECOMMENDED

#options 	GATEWAY		# packet forwarding
options 	INET		# IP + ICMP + TCP + UDP
#options 	MROUTING	# IP multicast routing
#options 	NS		# XNS
#options 	NSIP		# XNS tunneling over IP
#options 	ISO,TPIP	# OSI
#options 	EON		# OSI tunneling over IP
#options 	CCITT,LLC,HDLC	# X.25
#options 	PFIL_HOOKS	# pfil(9) packet filter hooks

# Busy server; bump these up
options 	NKMEMCLUSTERS=4096	# slots in kmem_map
options 	NMBCLUSTERS=4096	# slots in mb_map

config		netbsd	root on sd0a type ffs 
#options 	COMCONSOLE=0,CONADDR=0x3f8,CONUNIT=0,CONSPEED=9600

#options 	EISAVERBOSE	# verbose EISA device messages
options 	PCIVERBOSE	# verbose PCI device messages

mainbus0 at root

pci0	at mainbus0 bus ?
#eisa0	at mainbus0

#ppb*	at pci? dev ? function ?	# PCI-PCI bridges
#pci*	at ppb? bus ?
pchb*	at pci? dev ? function ?	# PCI-Host bridges
pcib*	at pci? dev ? function ?	# PCI-ISA bridges

isa*	at pcib?			# ISA on PCI-ISA bridge
isa*	at mainbus0			# all other ISA

#apm0	at mainbus0			# Advanced power management

npx0	at isa? port 0xf0 irq 13	# math coprocessor

pc0	at isa? port 0x60 irq 1		# generic PC console device
#vt0	at isa? port 0x60 irq 1

com0	at isa? port 0x3f8 irq 4	# standard PC serial ports
com1	at isa? port 0x2f8 irq 3
com2	at isa? port 0x3e8 irq 5
#com3	at isa? port 0x2e8 irq 9
#ast0	at isa? port 0x1a0 irq 5	# AST 4-port serial cards
#com*	at ast? slave ?
#boca0	at isa? port 0x100 irq 5	# BOCA 8-port serial cards
#com*	at boca? slave ?
#rtfps0	at isa? port 0x1230 irq 10	# RT 4-port serial cards
#com*	at rtfps? slave ?
#cy0	at isa? iomem 0xd4000 irq 12	# Cyclades serial cards
#cy*	at pci? dev ? function ?	# Cyclades serial cards

#lpt0	at isa? port 0x378 irq 7	# standard PC parallel ports
#lpt1	at isa? port 0x278
#lpt2	at isa? port 0x3bc

#lms0	at isa? port 0x23c irq 5	# Logitech bus mouse
#lms1	at isa? port 0x238 irq 5
#mms0	at isa? port 0x23c irq 5	# Microsoft InPort mouse
#mms1	at isa? port 0x238 irq 5
#pms0	at pckbd? irq 12		# PS/2 auxiliary port mouse

#aha0	at isa? port 0x330 irq ? drq ?	# Adaptec 154[02] SCSI
#controllers aha1	at isa? port 0x334 irq ? drq ?	# Adaptec 154[02]
#SCSI controllers scsibus* at aha? ahb*	at eisa? slot ?			# Adaptec
#174[024] SCSI controllers scsibus* at ahb? ahc0	at isa? port ? irq
#?		# Adaptec 284x SCSI controllers ahc*	at eisa? slot ?			# Adaptec
#274x, aic7770 SCSI controllers
ahc*	at pci? dev ? function ?	# Adaptec [23]94x, aic78x0 SCSI
controllers scsibus* at ahc? #aic0	at isa? port 0x340 irq 11	# Adaptec
152[02] SCSI controllers #scsibus* at aic? #bha0	at isa? port 0x330
irq ? drq ?	# BusLogic [57]4X SCSI controllers #bha1	at isa? port
0x334 irq ? drq ?	# BusLogic [57]4X SCSI controllers #bha*	at eisa?
slot ? #bha*	at pci? dev ? function ? #scsibus* at bha? #ncr*	at pci?
dev ? function ?	# NCR 538XX SCSI controllers #scsibus* at ncr?
#sea0	at isa? iomem 0xc8000 irq 5 #scsibus* at sea? #uha0	at isa? port
0x330 irq ? drq ?	# UltraStor [13]4f SCSI controllers #uha1	at isa?
port 0x334 irq ? drq ?	# UltraStor [13]4f SCSI controllers #uha*	at
eisa? slot ?			# UltraStor 24f SCSI controllers #scsibus* at uha?
#wds0	at isa? port 0x350 irq 15 drq 6	# WD7000 and TMC-7000
controllers #wds1	at isa? port 0x358 irq 11 drq 5 #scsibus* at wds?
#isp*	at pci? dev ? function ?	# Qlogic ISP 10x0 SCSI controllers
#scsibus* at isp?

sd*	at scsibus? target ? lun ?	# SCSI disk drives
st*	at scsibus? target ? lun ?	# SCSI tape drives
cd*	at scsibus? target ? lun ?	# SCSI CD-ROM drives
ch*	at scsibus? target ? lun ?	# SCSI autochangers
ss*	at scsibus? target ? lun ?	# SCSI scanners
uk*	at scsibus? target ? lun ?	# SCSI unknown

#fdc0	at isa? port 0x3f0 irq 6 drq 2	# standard PC floppy controllers
#fdc1	at isa? port 0x370 irq ? drq ? fd*	at fdc? drive ?

#mcd0	at isa? port 0x300 irq 10	# Mitsumi CD-ROM drives

wdc0	at isa? port 0x1f0 irq 14	# ST506, ESDI, and IDE controllers
#wdc1	at isa? port 0x170 irq 15 wd*	at wdc? drive ?

# note: the wt driver conflicts unpleasantly with ed devices at the
# same I/O address. The probe reprograms their eeproms. Don't
# uncomment it unless you are actually using it.
#wt0	at isa? port 0x300 irq 5 drq 1	# Archive and Wangtek QIC tape
#drives

#ed0	at isa? port 0x300 irq 9	# NE2000 ethernet
#ed1	at isa? port 0x250 iomem 0xd8000 irq 9	#   ethernet cards
ed2	at isa? port 0x300 iomem 0xcc000 irq 10
#eg0	at isa? ...				# 3C505 ethernet cards
#el0	at isa? port 0x300 irq 9		# 3C501 ethernet cards
#ep0	at isa? port ? irq ?			# 3C509 ethernet cards
#ie0	at isa? port 0x360 iomem 0xd0000 irq 7	# StarLAN and 3C507
#ie1	at isa? port 0x300 irq 10		# EtherExpress
#le0	at isa? port 0x320 irq 10 drq 7		# IsoLan, NE2100, and DEPCA
#ep*	at eisa? slot ?				# 3C579 ethernet cards fea*	at eisa? slot
#?				# DEC DEFEA FDDI cards le*	at pci? dev ? function ?		# PCnet-PCI
#based ethernet cards de*	at pci? dev ? function ?		# DC21X4X-based
#ethernet cards
ep*	at pci? dev ? function ?		# 3C59x/3C90x ethernet cards
#fpa*	at pci? dev ? function ?		# DEC DEFPA FDDI cards

#pss0	at isa? port 0x220 irq 7 drq 6  # Personal Sound System
#sp0	at pss0 port 0x530 irq 10 drq 0	# 	sound port driver

#sb0	at isa? port 0x220 irq 7 drq 1	# SoundBlaster
#wss0	at isa? port 0x530 irq 10 drq 0	# Windows Sound System
#pas0	at isa? port 0x220 irq 7 drq 1	# ProAudio Spectrum
#gus0	at isa? port 0x220 irq 7 drq 1 flags 6 # Gravis Ultra Sound
#(flags is record drq for full-duplex) spkr0	at pckbd? port 0x61

# Joystick driver. Probe is a little strange; add only if you have
# one.
#joy0	at isa? port 0x201

# PnP bus and devices should be declared last 
#isapnp0	at isa? 
#ep*	at isapnp?
#sb*	at isapnp?
#joy*	at isapnp?

#include	"arch/i386/conf/GENERIC.local"

pseudo-device	loop	1		# network loopback
pseudo-device	bpfilter 8		# packet filter
#pseudo-device	sl	2		# CSLIP
#pseudo-device	ppp	2		# PPP
#pseudo-device	tun	2		# network tunneling over tty
#pseudo-device	ipfilter		# ip filter

pseudo-device	pty	64		# pseudo-terminals
#pseudo-device	tb	1		# tablet line discipline
#pseudo-device	vnd	4		# paging to files
pseudo-device	ccd	4		# concatenated disk devices