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From: =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.ru>
To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit:  src/sys/kern sys_generic.c
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On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, Bruce Evans wrote:

> >> What prevents you from deciding
> >> now?
> 
> No real-world experience.  I don't run any processes that need even 256
> descriptors.

I think any test like

	for (;;)
		select(4096, ...

will reveal the picture. We testing allocation strategy, not select
functionality.

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
<ache@null.net>
http://www.nagual.ru/~ache/