modstrmax
modstrmax specifies the maximum size of the
savecrash kernel-module table that contains module names
and their location in the file system.
500
500
Specify integer value. For more information, see Specifying Parameter Values.
When a kernel panic (system crash) occurs, specified areas of system
memory are copied to the dump devices before the system shuts down.
The savecrash command can then be used to copy the dump
area into a directory in a file system (requires lots of space,
depending on system size and what memory classes were dumped).
When the kernel includes dynamically loadable kernel modules (drivers
that are not statically installed in the kernel), savecrash
allocates space to keep track of module names and their location on the
file system. The space stores full path names to directories containing
modules, and also module names. Space usage has been optimized by
keeping only one copy of a directory path, even if more than one module
is found there.
As more modules are added to the system, and if module names tend to be
long, or if modules are scattered around the file system,
modstrmax will need to be increased to accomodate the extra
data.
Note that this parameter only affects the operation of the
savecrash command. It does not limit the number of modules
that can be loaded into the kernel during normal system operation.