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Date:      Wed, 22 Jan 1997 13:06:28 +1100 (EST)
From:      Wayne Farmer <wayne@telstra.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   FD_SETSIZE kernel settings
Message-ID:  <Pine.SUN.3.91.970122125843.7582L-100000@nico.telstra.net>

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Could someone explain how FD_SETSIZE affects things ?

If one requires it to be more than 256 as defined in 
/usr/include/sys/types.h, is it just a matter of changing the value in :
/usr/include/sys/types.h
AND
/sys/sys/types.h
AND re-building the kernel and any affected applications.

How often will this be important and if so, will it appear as a parameter 
in /sys/i386/conf/LINT

I admit to being a little confused by the defaults for file descriptors 
in /bin/sh, modifications to this using sysctl and mods using limit in 
csh/tcsh

Thanks for your time in what is probably a buzy period for the development 
team.

Thanks 

Wayne



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