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From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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To: Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com>
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Subject: Re: kern.maxproc
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Len Conrad wrote:
> =

> I need about 1000 processes for a high-volume mail gateway.
> I=B4m already getting errors in peak periods with the default
> maxproc of 530.
> =

> It seems I can=B4t set this in loader.conf, as I can other
> read-only params.
> =

> Do I have to install the source and recompile?

Pretty much, yes.

I personally added a "tunable" wrapper for it so I could
set it in loader.conf.

-- Terry

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