Xref: utzoo comp.sys.att:6180 unix-pc.general:2720 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!lll-winken!uunet!cos!hqda-ai!icus!limbic!gil From: gil@limbic.UUCP (Gil Kloepfer Jr.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general Subject: Re: more windows on unixpc Summary: It's not a kernel problem... Message-ID: <482@limbic.UUCP> Date: 21 Apr 89 05:14:01 GMT References: <677@icus.islp.ny.us> Reply-To: gil@limbic.UUCP (Gil Kloepfer Jr.) Distribution: na Organization: ICUS Software Systems, Islip, NY Lines: 28 In article wjc@ho5cad.ATT.COM (Bill Carpenter) writes: >A while back there was a question and brief discussion about getting >more windows on a UNIXpc. I don't recall ever seeing if anyone ever In article <677@icus.islp.ny.us> lenny@icus.islp.ny.us (Lenny Tropiano) writes: >Maybe the next release of the kernel will have NWINDOWS increased, Although there is a kernel "variable" called NWINDOWS, the real limitations are in the window driver, not in the kernel. I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that the number of windows is limited by the amount of memory/structures that are compiled-into the window driver (which, BTW, is a loadable driver and can be changed...some food for thought for you window-program hackers out there ;-) So, correctly speaking, what should really happen is: 1) have AT&T increase the amount of windows compiled-into the window driver [a memory waste for those who don't use a lot of windows], or 2) rewrite the window driver so that the maximum number of windows can be dynamically changed by modifying NWINDOWS. I doubt #2 will ever be done, and I think that #1 will probably not be done for the reason I gave above. Sound correct? ----- | Gil Kloepfer, Jr. | ICUS Software Systems/Bowne Management Systems (depending on where I am) | {decuac,boulder,talcott,sbcs}!icus!limbic!gil or gil@icus.islp.ny.us