Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 13:24:57 -0400 (EDT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upping process limits... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810151321410.4514-100000@hub.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810151306410.5523-100000@porkfriedrice.ny.genx.net>
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I wish...I'd also have to play with getting the right versions of CAM put
into it and all that...I'll end up having to upgrade eventually, just was
hoping to avoid for a couple of months :(
Should I get rid of the *SIZ values altogether, in favor of login.conf, or
is there a 'default ceiling' in place?
On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
>
> you don't have a snap of that source code available to rebuild a kernel
> from back then with?
>
> have you looked into using an earlier version of the sources? you're able
> to ask for an older source tree by setting some flag in a cvsup file,
> check the man page or the older lists. (i don't know how far back you can
> go though)
>
> yes, you have a hard limit, yes you need a new kernel.
>
> -Alfred
>
> On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>
> >
> > I'm running a 3.0-current build of around the end of July this year, so
> > pre-ELF stuff and have hit a snag...
> >
> > I need to increase the news processes datasize and stack limits, and can't
> > seem to get them above 256Meg, even with modifying /etc/login.conf (and
> > running cap_mkdb)...
> >
> > I had, at one point, added MAXDSIZ and DLTDSIZ values of 256Meg to my
> > kernel, and suspect that this has created a *hard limit* to th emax,which
> > login.conf can't override. Is this correct?
> >
> > If so, is there any way around this, without my having to rebuild? I've
> > been putting off upgradeing to the current 3.0-ELF stuff for two
> > reasons...fear and beign 2500kilometers away from the server :(
> >
> > Is there any sysctl value I can set or something like that?
> >
> > Thanks...
> >
> > Marc G. Fournier scrappy@hub.org
> > Systems Administrator @ hub.org
> > scrappy@{postgresql|isc}.org ICQ#7615664
> >
> >
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