tunable parameters > max

[Tim Wright]

In <4444 at ash14.UUCP> cramerk at motcid.UUCP (Kristin J Cramer) writes:

>Is it possible to change the maximum on a tunable parameter ??
>Can I change the MAX value in the mtune file and rebuild the
>kernel ??

>The question arises from the need to take AT&T SysV 3.2 and 
>set the NSTRPUSH value to something greater than 9 (say 20).

>Is this at all possible ??

>Kris Cramer

With most parameters, the answer is yes. Some of the supposed
"Maximum values" defined by AT&T are quite frankly ludicrous.
For instance, ULIMIT is something like 6MB. I bump it to 256MB.
Similarly, many other parameters can be increased above the
"maximum". It really is *most* unhelpful to have misleading values
in this file. As to NSTRPUSH, I'm not sure whether this is a hard
limit. You can always try, and if it dies, revert to your old
kernel.

Tim
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