Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 18:16:11 -0600 (MDT) From: Dave Andersen <angio@aros.net> To: dave@kachina.jetcafe.org (Dave Hayes) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shared Memory and SHMMAXPGS Message-ID: <199606130016.SAA24446@shell.aros.net> In-Reply-To: <199606122336.QAA09383@kachina.jetcafe.org> from Dave Hayes at "Jun 12, 96 04:36:06 pm"
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This is the maximum number of shared pages that the kernel will allow to be allocated for the sysv shared memory. Increasing it won't hurt, it'll just increase your memory requirements a bit. -Dave Andersen Lo and behold, Dave Hayes once said: > Found in /usr/src/sysi386/include/vmparam.h: > #define SHMMAXPGS 1024 /* XXX until we have more kmap space */ > > What does this mean? If I increase this size, what will break? > ------ > Dave Hayes - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org > Freedom Knight of Usenet - http://www.jetcafe.org/~dave/usenet > > I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, > and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to those > teachers. -- Kahlil Gibran > -- angio@aros.net Complete virtual hosting and business-oriented system administration Internet services. (WWW, FTP, email) http://www.aros.net/ http://www.aros.net/about/virtual "There are only two industries that refer to their customers as 'users'."
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