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From: kgallagh@digi.lonestar.org (Kevin Gallagher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Model Thread Limit in DSEE
Message-ID: <1991Feb20.153655.6540@digi.lonestar.org>
Date: 20 Feb 91 15:36:55 GMT
Organization: DSC Communications Corp, Plano, TX
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We ran into a thread size limit running DSEE on our SR10.2 nodes.
When we ran the same job on an SR10.3 node, we had no limit problem.
The SR10.3 release notes, page 4-26, lists the following APR as
closed since the release of SR10.2:

000DCE76  dsee       DSEE length limit in model threads

When we contacted HP/Apollo, their answer indicated that the above
APR was fixed by DSEE 4.0 (we are using an older version on ALL our
nodes).  In DSEE 4.0, model thread sizes are no longer limited within
DSEE itself, but only by factors like disk space, etc.

So, "Why did SR10.3 fix it?"  HP/Apollo's answer is that the model
thread size limit is associated with a system "constant" SEG_SIZE
in SR10.2.  In SR10.3 this constant was changed to a function (?).
In SR10.2, the limit is 32k.  Information on the new limit for the
"function" SEG_SIZE in SR10.3 was unknown by our contact.

Does anyone know what the new limit is under SR10.3?  Is this now
configurable under SR10.3, since it is a "function" and no longer
a "constant"?  If so, how can we increase it?
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DSC Communications Corporation   Addr: MS 152, 1000 Coit Rd, Plano, TX 75075
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