> From: "David N. Arnold" <david.n.arn...@gmail.com> > Date: Tue, 11 May 2021 22:29:58 -0400 > > On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 4:45 PM Mark Kettenis <mark.kette...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > Nice bit of debugging! > > Thanks! This is my first serious go with OpenBSD. > > > Anyway, here is a diff that prevents the overrun and raises the number > > of map entries to 128. Can you try this diff and confirm it works for > > you? > > It works! I also tried cranking the array size down to make sure the > break condition works and it does. The system boots even with only 16 > entries, but dmesg doesn't report the full memory amount. > > Out of curiosity, is there a reason why this is just a break instead > of a panic? I have no idea if there are any systems that need more > than 128 entries, but if they do, they wouldn't be able to use all of > the available memory.
A panic would prevent the system from booting. It is better to boot with reduced memory capacity than not booting at all is it? That said, a warning message may be appropriate here.
