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From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
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Subject: Re: PATCH to make maxfiles, maxfiles per proc boot-time tunable
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Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 23:10:17 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: terry@lambert.org
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] The problem is that param.c is *not* included in gensetdefs scope.
] Therefore linker set entries (ie: SYSINIT etc) are not executed.  TUNABLE*
] entries in param.c are simply not called or used.
] 
] SYSTEM_OBJS= locore.o setdef0.o vnode_if.o ${OBJS} ioconf.o param.o config.o \
]         setdef1.o hack.So
] ...
] setdef0.c setdef1.c setdefs.h: ${OBJS}
]         @gensetdefs ${OBJS}
] 
] param.o is not included in ${OBJS}.  I dont see how this patch can work
] as-is.

Has this changed in -current?

I'm running on 4.3-RELEASE (now), and it has no problems.

Are you sure you aren't linking param.o into your kernel anywhere?

It's the linker that does the magic, not anything else (as you know);
I can assure you it's running fine on my 4.3 box.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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