Re: Setting max user processes > 256
Anthony Barbachan (barbacha@Hinako.AMBusiness.com)
Fri, 7 May 1999 03:50:05 -0400
> This was something I wanted to ask about since all the 'mindcraft' stuff
> floating around the last few weeks, and the birth of tunelinux.com
>
> Why is it all these kernel constants are not changeable from within the
make
> proccess? Why can't all these hard limits be defaulted to their current
levels,
> and have hard ranges for allowable values in the input fields.
>
> The average admin, even if he/she is working on some heavy usage servers,
> shouldn't need to delve into the source tree to tweeks settings for a
system
> just to compile a tuned kernel.
>
>
>
The why is pretty simple, no kernel developer has seen an urgent need to
do it. While having the system tuning options available within the make
process would be nice an even better solution would be that system tuning
parameters be changeable on the fly, without requiring a recompile nor a
system reboot.
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