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Date:      Thu, 26 Aug 1999 04:24:26 +0200
From:      Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com>
To:        Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Did I lose mail?
Message-ID:  <37C4A55A.538F4D25@nisser.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908251751500.43160-100000@toy.chip-web.com>

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Ludwig Pummer wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Roelof Osinga wrote:
> 
> > nisser:/usr/src/sys/i386/conf$ grep maxusers FORSETI
> > maxusers        10 #32
> 
> My GENERIC kernel config (3.2-STABLE as of last night) sets maxusers to
> 32. I have my desktops' maxusers set to 32 or 64.

So does mine. It just so happens that this started out as 3.1 kernel
and slowly worked its way up to 3.2 status. Guess 3.1 GENERIC had 10.

> > Anyway, where is the description of these params if not in LINT? On
> > a whim I would say the manual and whaddayaknow a direct hit. It
> > even has the same formula although now attributed to the maximum
> > number of processes. No trace of MAXFILES though. I'll keep looking
> > but any pointers will be appreciated. Even though it'll probably
> > be some .h param.
> 
> To find MAXFILES, i did "grep -i max *" in the /sys/i386/conf
> directory and worked my way up, looking into interesting directories until
> I found it in /sys/conf, in param.c and in options.

Hmpf. Not even a .h. And that for a #define. Tsk, tsk <g>. Still, that
only shows the ifndef case, not the #define itself. So... Hey, so that's
where that dump went to. GNOME caused an internal compiler error you see.

Besides that dump a "grep -R MAXFILES *" in "/usr/src/sys" didn't show
up a thing. Barring the param.c case of course. Guess that means that
MAXFILES can be set in the kernel configuration if so inclined. Not my
cup of thee. Guess I'll bump the maxusers to the current default. Like
the proverbial 640K, that ought to be enough for everybody <g>.

Guess that also exhausts this issue. Thanks for your efforts!

Roelof

PS hope this time round bigfoot'll accept the direct CC

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