On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 08:13:00PM -0700, Cy Schubert wrote: > In message <e1kwvlj-0000gy-ic.qroxana-mail...@smtp29.i.mail.ru>, qroxana > writes > : > > > > Hi, > > > > I have an old i386 machine running r364479. After upgrading to > > r367045, running kldload zfs.ko freezes the whole system. > > > > I also tried to replace the 4GB memory with another 2GB one > > and kldload zfs.ko works without freezing the machine. > > ZFS ARC stresses memory. I've found a number of bad RAM chips over the > years using ZFS. > > The OpenZFS upgrade significantly changed how it manages ARC. It's likely > that prior to the OpenZFS upgrade your memory wasn't stressed to the point > of failure. You can try to mask the problem by reducing your RAM clock rate > or or increase one of the other latency settings in your BIOS. However, > again, this only masks an already weak RAM chip.
Sounds like performance drop and regression _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
