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On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 08:51:12PM -0400, Scot Loach wrote:
> True, I can add a tunable for each of tcp, udp, raw, divert.
> 
> What will happen when the system runs out of pcbs?

  You'll no longer be able to allocate and attach pcbs to sockets until
  one of the current pcb consumers returns that type of pcb back to the
  respective zone.

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