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From: res@colnet.uucp (Rob Stampfli)
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Subject: ktune parameter npbuf
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Date: 16 Mar 91 22:40:47 GMT
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In the User's Manual for the 3B1 Unix-PC, vers 3.5, there is a command called
ktune(7), which allows one to tune certain Unix parameters in the kernel.
One of the parameters is called npbuf:

npbuf	Number of buffer headers available in the raw I/O pool of headers
	Range: 4 up to system capacity.  (Default: 16)

Can someone give me more information on this parameter.  When is one of
these used?  Are they consumed by uucico?  rn?  One per open fd (raw mode)?
I thought I knew Unix, but this one is new to me.

Tnx,
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Rob Stampfli, 614-864-9377, res@kd8wk.uucp (osu-cis!kd8wk!res), kd8wk@n8jyv.oh