kern/38583: Kernel objects that are too large to be in wired memory

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>Number:         38583
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       Kernel objects that are too large to be in wired memory
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun May 04 10:30:01 +0000 2008
>Originator:     Andrew Doran
>Release:        4.99.62
>Organization:
The NetBSD Project
>Environment:
amd64
>Description:
I'm guessing that there are firmware images embedded in these objects:

-rw-r--r--  1 ad  staff    84888 May  2 23:55 if_txp.o
-rw-r--r--  1 ad  staff   122640 May  2 23:53 aic7xxx.o
-rw-r--r--  1 ad  staff   141704 May  2 23:54 if_bnx.o
-rw-r--r--  1 ad  staff   159080 May  2 23:54 cz.o
-rw-r--r--  1 ad  staff   166216 May  2 23:54 if_atu.o
-rw-r--r--  1 ad  staff   187920 May  2 23:53 aic79xx.o
-rw-r--r--  1 ad  staff   263000 May  2 23:53 athhal.o

>How-To-Repeat:
Notice that kernels are getting fat.
>Fix:
Shrink the firmare, load at runtime, or take a Linux idea and jettison 
unneeded data when up and running (seems unworkable for us).