Looking in /usr/include/machine/param.h I see:

#define NKMEMCLUSTERS   (6 * 1024 * 1024 / CLBYTES)

Doing the math there, 6 * 1024 * 1024 I get 6291456, unless I am missing
something here.  What would be a good value to set NKMEMCLUSTERS to?

Luke

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> On 941427819 seconds since the Beginning of the UNIX epoch
> Luke Miller wrote:
> >
> >
> >I am running NetBSD 1.3 on an i386,  I know that I need to upgrade to a
> >newer software version (and that will probobly fix the problem that I am
> >having), but I was hoping there was a quick patch or kernel modification I
> >could make in the short term.  Here is what I am getting:
> >
> >malloc() out of mem in kmem_map.
> >
> >Any help would be greatly apprecated.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Luke
> 
> Well, I'd first try setting NKMEMCLUSTERS (see man 4 options) in
> your kernel config.  You can find the default value in
> /usr/include/machine/param.h, and increasing this value may help
> assuming that you are not running into the problem due to some bad
> behaviour.
> 
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