johnk@opel.UUCP (John Kennedy) (08/23/89)
I'm sure this has been worked into the ground, but is there not a kernel location that can be patched on Sys V/AT 2.4 that increases the ulimit across the board? Thanks in advance, John -- John Kennedy johnk@opel.UUCP Second Source, Inc. Annapolis, MD
" Maynard) (08/24/89)
In article <267@opel.UUCP> johnk@opel.UUCP (John Kennedy) writes: >I'm sure this has been worked into the ground, but is there >not a kernel location that can be patched on Sys V/AT 2.4 >that increases the ulimit across the board? Yup. It's called ulpatch. By default, it's 1228800 bytes (2400 512-byte blocks): Script started Thu Aug 24 06:25:08 1989 (114) root@splut:/: patch /unix.2.4.0 ulpatch 0x960 You can increase it (or decrease it, though I have no idea why you'd want to) by using /etc/patch to change this value, as I've done to my system: (115) root@splut:/: patch /system5 ulpatch 0x7fff This runs it up to 16 MB - which oughtta be enough. (I don't know if this is a signed number or not, or if it's a short or a long - anyone out there know more?) Just say, patch /system5 ulpatch 0x7fff and reboot. If you wanna save yourself the boot, just reissue the same command, adding the -k switch to patch kernel memory. -- Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can jay@splut.conmicro.com (eieio)| adequately be explained by stupidity. {attctc,bellcore}!texbell!splut!jay +---------------------------------------- "Rabid rerouters *love* to route mail to devnull@hell.org" - Brandon Allbery