> It is not recommended to increase __FD_SET's size. Unfortunately,
> however large you make it, libc simply cannot cope with a select size
> larger than 256 fd's.
Libc doesn't have to do anything. I just need the fdset macros to
work and I need select to work.
> As for the other parameters, you don't need to recompile the kernel.
> In all post-1.3.57 kernels, you could achieve your inode and file
> limits by (as root):
> echo 4096 > /proc/sys/kernel/inode-max
> echo 2048 > /proc/sys/kernel/file-max
Yes, that does work. But without the 256 fds per process fix, I'm
still pretty much screwed. :(
JK