From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 5 02:34:53 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D9FA962; Mon, 5 Nov 2012 02:34:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevlo@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC5118FC0A; Mon, 5 Nov 2012 02:34:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qA52YqH1006722; Mon, 5 Nov 2012 02:34:52 GMT (envelope-from kevlo@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from kevlo@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id qA52Yq98006720; Mon, 5 Nov 2012 02:34:52 GMT (envelope-from kevlo@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201211050234.qA52Yq98006720@svn.freebsd.org> From: Kevin Lo Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 02:34:52 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r242596 - head/share/man/man7 X-SVN-Group: head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 02:34:53 -0000 Author: kevlo Date: Mon Nov 5 02:34:52 2012 New Revision: 242596 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/242596 Log: Revert previous commit. Modified: head/share/man/man7/tuning.7 Modified: head/share/man/man7/tuning.7 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man7/tuning.7 Mon Nov 5 01:42:57 2012 (r242595) +++ head/share/man/man7/tuning.7 Mon Nov 5 02:34:52 2012 (r242596) @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd November 5, 2012 +.Dd May 11, 2012 .Dt TUNING 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -803,22 +803,24 @@ To change loader tunables, you must set .Xr loader.conf 5 and reboot the system. .Pp -.Va kern.maxbikesheds +.Va kern.maxusers controls the scaling of a number of static system tables, including defaults for the maximum number of open files, sizing of network memory resources, etc. -.Va kern.maxbikesheds +As of +.Fx 4.5 , +.Va kern.maxusers is automatically sized at boot based on the amount of memory available in the system, and may be determined at run-time by inspecting the value of the read-only -.Va kern.maxbikesheds +.Va kern.maxusers sysctl. Some sites will require larger or smaller values of -.Va kern.maxbikesheds +.Va kern.maxusers and may set it as a loader tunable; values of 64, 128, and 256 are not uncommon. We do not recommend going above 256 unless you need a huge number of file descriptors; many of the tunable values set to their defaults by -.Va kern.maxbikesheds +.Va kern.maxusers may be individually overridden at boot-time or run-time as described elsewhere in this document. Systems older than @@ -895,7 +897,7 @@ sysctl controls the number of file syste is allowed to use to perform its work. This parameter nominally scales with -.Va kern.maxbikesheds +.Va kern.maxusers so you should not need to modify this parameter except under extreme circumstances. See the