Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 13:32:14 -0800 (PST) From: sameer <sameer@c2.net> To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) Cc: bde@zeta.org.au, sameer@c2.net, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: getdtablesize, OPEN_MAX, and sysctl Message-ID: <199612142132.NAA11065@clotho.c2.org> In-Reply-To: <199612140544.QAA27898@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from "Bruce Evans" at Dec 14, 96 04:44:05 pm
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> This option sets the soft resource limit for the maximum number of open > files for the init process. The limit is inherited by all processes > but may be changed. Processes should change it using setrlimit() if > they or their children need a larger limit. I see. > > In 2.1-stable, you can't do a select on more than FD_SETSIZE fd's, where > FD_SETSIZE is whatever it is when the kernel is compiled (default 256). > In later versions, there is no limit in the kernel; if you want more > than the default FD_SETSIZE number of fds, you just have to define > FD_SETSIZE consistently before including any headers (since any header > might include <sys/types.h>). That makes sense, thanks a lot. -- Sameer Parekh Voice: 510-986-8770 President FAX: 510-986-8777 C2Net http://www.c2.net/ sameer@c2.net
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