Re: 10,000 fds, 10,000 tasks

Andreas Jellinghaus (aj@dungeon.inka.de)
Thu, 5 Nov 1998 07:57:40 +0100


>> 1) Is there a maximum amount of TASKS that I can have? I know
>> that this number is tunable in "tasks.h", but are there any other limits
>> that I should be aware of? (Can I just define it as 10,000?)
>
>Its tunable. On some platforms (eg X86) it has a hardware limit. There
>shouldnt be a software one but Im not an Alpha geek

can anyone tell me the hardware limit for x86 ?
2.1.116 only works for me with up to 2048 tasks.

andreas

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