Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 15:47:59 -0800 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@freefall.freebsd.org> Cc: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com (Joe Greco), hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Latest 2.1R panic. Hmm. Message-ID: <199602282347.PAA07077@Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 28 Feb 1996 13:55:47 PST." <199602282155.NAA17206@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Joe Greco wrote: >> #define MSG_BSIZE (4096 - 3 * sizeof(unsigned int)) >> >> in sys/msgbuf.h. There's my 4083. >> >> Ok. Well. Can I safely bump this up, recompile dmesg and friends, and be >> happy? (yes syslog too, I know) > > i bumped mine to 8k. two weeks ago while hammering on the > anaconda scsi tape drive. no problem (with teh 8k) (report > on anaconda scsi in findal review) Is there a general consensus that wasting one extra page for the message buffer by default is desired? I know I've overrun it myself on many systems, and it's very annoying when it happens. If so, I'll make the change to an 8K buffer a standard part of FreeBSD. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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