Changed the vm.kmem_size_max="535544320" to 536870912 and the error went away during boot.
Now the logs shows this….
Aug 2 22:32:47 kernel: ZFS storage pool version 28
Aug 2 22:32:47 kernel: ZFS filesystem version 5
Aug 2 22:32:47 kernel: to enable, add "vfs.zfs.prefetch_disable=0" to /boot/loader.conf.
Aug 2 22:32:47 kernel: ZFS NOTICE: Prefetch is disabled by default if less than 4GB of RAM is present;
Aug 2 22:32:47 kernel: Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a
Before it was looking like this:
Aug 2 21:38:51 kernel: ZFS storage pool version 28
Aug 2 21:38:51 kernel: ZFS filesystem version 5
Aug 2 21:38:51 kernel: in /boot/loader.conf.
Aug 2 21:38:51 kernel: Consider tuning vm.kmem_size and vm.kmem_size_max
Aug 2 21:38:51 kernel: ZFS WARNING: Recommended minimum kmem_size is 512MB; expect unstable behavior.
Aug 2 21:38:51 kernel: to enable, add "vfs.zfs.prefetch_disable=0" to /boot/loader.conf.
Aug 2 21:38:51 kernel: ZFS NOTICE: Prefetch is disabled by default if less than 4GB of RAM is present;
Aug 2 21:38:51 kernel: Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a