Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:06:54 -0800 From: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FBSD 7.1 & kern.maxdsiz Message-ID: <49241D7E.5090600@mykitchentable.net> In-Reply-To: <20081119054111.GB77425@icarus.home.lan> References: <49235108.2030907@mykitchentable.net> <20081119010109.5eff6215.freebsd@edvax.de> <4923598F.2080601@mykitchentable.net> <20081119054111.GB77425@icarus.home.lan>
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Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 04:10:55PM -0800, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > >> Polytropon wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:34:32 -0800, Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> The Urchin installation docs [...] >>>> contain a note for FreeBSD users waring of a "hard coded process >>>> datasiz limit of 500 MB" and instruct on to set >>>> "kern.maxdsiz="1073741824"" in /boot/loader.conf. However FBSD 7.1 >>>> doesn't appear to have this sysctl. How can I do the equivalent of >>>> this in FBSD 7.1? >>>> >>>> >>> Exactly, it is *not* a sysctl setting. It's a loader tunable, as >>> I learned from this list some time ago. Don't search to find >>> it in the sysctl list, you won't find it there. :-) >>> >>> In FreeBSD 7 you should be able to set this setting using >>> the file /boot/loader.conf. I think I had this setting on a >>> FreeBSD 5 machine, I'll go and check. >>> >>> >> Thanks for your reply. I guess I expected to be able to view it via >> sysctl even though I understood it could only be changed with a reboot. >> Is there some way to view the current setting? >> > > Through sysctl. > OK, what am I missing? urchin# sysctl -a | grep maxdsiz compat.ia32.maxdsiz: 536870912 compat.linux32.maxdsiz: 536870912 I do not see one named 'kern.maxdsiz'. Thanks, Drew -- Be a Great Magician! Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com
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