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From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
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Subject: Re: SHM limits
To: jmacd@XCF.Berkeley.EDU (Josh MacDonald)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 03:06:33 -0500 (EST)
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In-Reply-To: <199610290533.VAA10213@scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU> from "Josh MacDonald" at Oct 28, 96 09:33:00 pm
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> 
> 
> How can I get more shared memory into a system?  It doesn't appear to
> be controlled by sysctl.  I read a comment in the kernel source saying
> not to increase a certain constant until something gets fixed.  I would`
> like to increase the number of shared memory IDs available to a program.
> 
In -current, SYSVSHM no longer takes kernel virtual address space.  Before,
the SYSVSHM took as much kernel space as the shared memory allowance.

John