Amiga OS4.1fe update2 hotfix on BlizzardPPC

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Re: Amiga OS4.1fe update2 hotfix on BlizzardPPC

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Hi,

By curiosity, could you please enter in a shell the following line and post the output?

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SYS:Kickstart/ram-handler.kmod show
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Re: Amiga OS4.1fe update2 hotfix on BlizzardPPC

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Petrol wrote: Mon Jan 25, 2021 7:01 pm Hi,

By curiosity, could you please enter in a shell the following line and post the output?

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SYS:Kickstart/ram-handler.kmod show
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Petrol.
Hi

1) The test with update2 and the kernal of Original CD:

7.OS41:> sys:kickstart/ram-handler.kmod show

ram-handler 53.172 [Vectorport Filesystem]

Amiga Operating System (Release 4.1 - Final Edition Update 2)
Copyright (c) 1985-2020 Hyperion Entertainment CVBA.


Current settings:
MemPools,MP = OFF (Options: ON or OFF)
ExtMem,EM = OFF (Options: ON or OFF)
DisMountable,DM = OFF (Options: ON or OFF)
BlockSize,BS = 16000 (Options: 4000 to 1000000)
ShowSizeAsAllMemUsed,MU = ON (Options: ON or OFF)

7.OS41:> version exec.library
exec.library 53.70


2) The test with update2:

7.OS41:> sys:kickstart/ram-handler.kmod show

ram-handler 54.24 [Vectorport Filesystem]

Amiga Operating System (Release 4.1 - Final Edition Update 2)
Copyright (c) 1985-2020 Hyperion Entertainment CVBA.


Current settings:
MemPools,MP = OFF (Options: ON or OFF)
ExtMem,EM = OFF (Options: ON or OFF)
DisMountable,DM = OFF (Options: ON or OFF)
BlockSize,BS = 16380 (Options: 4092 to 4095996)
ShowSizeAsAllMemUsed,MU = ON (Options: ON or OFF)

7.OS41:> version exec.library
exec.library 54.30


Changes only the blocksize.bs.

How can i switch on/off the parameters or change the blocksize?

Thanks.

Luigi
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Re: Amiga OS4.1fe update2 hotfix on BlizzardPPC

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Hi,

I wasn't sure of the ram setting, especially EM feature, on Classic.

Be really careful, you shouldn't modify any of the ram setting.
But if you want to test and modify the Block size value, just type :

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Sys:kickstart/ram-handler.kmod BS=Value between the min and max
Look at Sys:Documentations/ram.doc for more infos

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Re: Amiga OS4.1fe update2 hotfix on BlizzardPPC

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Petrol wrote: Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:52 pm Hi,

I wasn't sure of the ram setting, especially EM feature, on Classic.

Be really careful, you shouldn't modify any of the ram setting.
But if you want to test and modify the Block size value, just type :

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Sys:kickstart/ram-handler.kmod BS=Value between the min and max
Look at Sys:Documentations/ram.doc for more infos

Regards,
Petrol.
Hello,
I tried to increase the BlockSize by setting BS = 32764 and now filling the Ram Disk at least the System doesn't crash and the message "Ram Disk Full" is displayed; however the Swap doesn't work anyway.
Were you able to take tests? What result did you get?

Thanks.
Luigi
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Re: Amiga OS4.1fe update2 hotfix on BlizzardPPC

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Hi,

I don't have a classic to test swap, sorry.
Could you please run memstat in a shell in both cases ?
If swap partition is enabled/available, it should appear in the available pagers.

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Re: Amiga OS4.1fe update2 hotfix on BlizzardPPC

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Petrol wrote: Wed Jan 27, 2021 3:00 pm Hi,

I don't have a classic to test swap, sorry.
Could you please run memstat in a shell in both cases ?
If swap partition is enabled/available, it should appear in the available pagers.

Regards,
Petrol.
Hi,
Here the testa result of the memstat command:

UPDATE1

6.OS41:> memstat
Name Allocs Frees Amount Max
primary heap 81958 58912 65682688 129169184
executable heap 215 67 15196160 16064512

Structure allocators:
Name Itemsize Current In use Total

300 pages allocated by kernel

Page lists:
ExecBase::UnmappedPages: 372
ExecBase::ReadyPages: 2269
ExecBase::LockedPages: 19740
ExecBase::SwappedPages: 0

Backend has 0 pages available

Page summary:
Swappable pages: 13182
Nonswappable pages: 9199
Locked pages: 14848

Pager statistics
Pages paged out: 0
Pages paged in: 0
Pages freed: 0


Available pagers:
Pager on device scsi.device/0 Pages: 287888 Free: 287888
6.OS41:> version exec.library
exec.library 53.70


UPDATE2

6.OS41:> memstat
Name Allocs Frees Amount Max
primary heap 67851 43560 66113872 128407696
executable heap 159 18 15073280 15278080

Structure allocators:
Name Itemsize Current In use Total

308 pages allocated by kernel

Page lists:
ExecBase::UnmappedPages: 376
ExecBase::ReadyPages: 2215
ExecBase::LockedPages: 19997
ExecBase::SwappedPages: 0

Backend has 38123 pages available

Page summary:
Swappable pages: 13262
Nonswappable pages: 9326
Locked pages: 15104

Pager statistics
Pages paged out: 0
Pages paged in: 0
Pages freed: 0


Available pagers:
Pager on device scsi.device/0 Pages: 287888 Free: 287888
6.OS41:> version exec.library
exec.library 54.30


I note only One big difference:
Backend has 0 pages available for update1
Backend has 38123 pages available for update1

What that means?

Bye.

Luigi
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Re: Amiga OS4.1fe update2 hotfix on BlizzardPPC

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Discovery69 wrote: Wed Jan 27, 2021 9:31 pm
Petrol wrote: Wed Jan 27, 2021 3:00 pm Hi,

I don't have a classic to test swap, sorry.
Could you please run memstat in a shell in both cases ?
If swap partition is enabled/available, it should appear in the available pagers.

Regards,
Petrol.
Hi,
Here the testa result of the memstat command:

UPDATE1

6.OS41:> memstat
Name Allocs Frees Amount Max
primary heap 81958 58912 65682688 129169184
executable heap 215 67 15196160 16064512

Structure allocators:
Name Itemsize Current In use Total

300 pages allocated by kernel

Page lists:
ExecBase::UnmappedPages: 372
ExecBase::ReadyPages: 2269
ExecBase::LockedPages: 19740
ExecBase::SwappedPages: 0

Backend has 0 pages available

Page summary:
Swappable pages: 13182
Nonswappable pages: 9199
Locked pages: 14848

Pager statistics
Pages paged out: 0
Pages paged in: 0
Pages freed: 0


Available pagers:
Pager on device scsi.device/0 Pages: 287888 Free: 287888
6.OS41:> version exec.library
exec.library 53.70


UPDATE2

6.OS41:> memstat
Name Allocs Frees Amount Max
primary heap 67851 43560 66113872 128407696
executable heap 159 18 15073280 15278080

Structure allocators:
Name Itemsize Current In use Total

308 pages allocated by kernel

Page lists:
ExecBase::UnmappedPages: 376
ExecBase::ReadyPages: 2215
ExecBase::LockedPages: 19997
ExecBase::SwappedPages: 0

Backend has 38123 pages available

Page summary:
Swappable pages: 13262
Nonswappable pages: 9326
Locked pages: 15104

Pager statistics
Pages paged out: 0
Pages paged in: 0
Pages freed: 0


Available pagers:
Pager on device scsi.device/0 Pages: 287888 Free: 287888
6.OS41:> version exec.library
exec.library 54.30


I note only One big difference:
Backend has 0 pages available for update1
Backend has 38123 pages available for update2

What that means?

Bye.

Luigi
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