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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: HELP! what is 'mb_map'?
Date: 15 Oct 1995 11:15:44 +0100
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Frank Dziuba <frank@silcom.com> wrote:
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>We have a web server running on a free bsd system and it occasionally
>freezes up with a message on the console saying 'mb_map full'.
>What is this and how do I fix it?

I think it's the memory map used for mbuf's (network device buffers).

Try bumping "maxusers" in your kernel config.
-- 
cheers, J"org

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