Subject: Re: Newbie macppc user with some problems/questions
To: Chuck Silvers <chuq@chuq.com>
From: Dave Huang <khym@bga.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 01/01/2001 14:59:16
On Mon, 1 Jan 2001, Chuck Silvers wrote:
> 2867 buffers at 64 KB of virtual space each is 183 MB, which is
> the vast majority of the 256 MB of space available on powerpc-based systems.
>
> as a workaround, reduce the amount of memory given to the buffer cache with
>
> options BUFPAGES="2000"
Okay, I've recompiled my kernel and am compiling various packages
again... we'll see how it does :) Thanks!