Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!ukc!axion!delluk!tim From: tim@delluk.uucp (Tim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: tunable parameters > max Message-ID: Date: 25 Sep 90 08:03:00 GMT References: <4444@ash14.UUCP> Sender: usenet@delluk.uucp (Usenet posting login) Distribution: comp Organization: Dell Computer Corp., Bracknell, UK Lines: 28 In <4444@ash14.UUCP> cramerk@motcid.UUCP (Kristin J Cramer) writes: >Is it possible to change the maximum on a tunable parameter ?? >Can I change the MAX value in the mtune file and rebuild the >kernel ?? >The question arises from the need to take AT&T SysV 3.2 and >set the NSTRPUSH value to something greater than 9 (say 20). >Is this at all possible ?? >Kris Cramer With most parameters, the answer is yes. Some of the supposed "Maximum values" defined by AT&T are quite frankly ludicrous. For instance, ULIMIT is something like 6MB. I bump it to 256MB. Similarly, many other parameters can be increased above the "maximum". It really is *most* unhelpful to have misleading values in this file. As to NSTRPUSH, I'm not sure whether this is a hard limit. You can always try, and if it dies, revert to your old kernel. Tim -- Tim Wright, Dell Computer Corp. (UK) | Email address Dell Computer Corp. (UK), Bracknell | Domain: tim@dell.co.uk Tel: +44-344-860456 | Uucp: ...!ukc!delluk!tim "What's the problem? You've got an IQ of six thousand, haven't you?"