Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 13:28:27 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is MAXFILES still valid in a kernel config option? Message-ID: <20060516132827.0ed23256.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <20060516160645.GA8079@gothmog.pc> References: <20060516113537.3257b373.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <20060516160645.GA8079@gothmog.pc>
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On Tue, 16 May 2006 19:06:45 +0300 Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote: > On 2006-05-16 11:35, Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> wrote: > > > > Using 6.1, is MAXFILES still honored in the kernel config? > > > > I know I can adjust this via sysctl, but setting it in the kernel config > > is more conducive to our deployment methodology. > > Yes. The option is still valid even in CURRENT. > > The `src/sys/kern/subr_param.c' file contains: > > 64 #ifndef MAXFILES > 65 #define MAXFILES (maxproc * 2) > 66 #endif > > and the option is still present in `src/sys/conf/NOTES'. Thanks. I thought it a little odd that NOTES groups it under this category: # Yet more undocumented options for linting. Seemed like something that was liable to silently break ... -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc.
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