Re: FTP benchmark proposal

David Luyer (luyer@ucs.uwa.edu.au)
Mon, 28 Jun 1999 19:31:47 +0800

C E Brown wrote:
> David Luyer wrote:
> > I thought the 4192 process limit was gone with the latest kernels?
>
> IIRC the 4096 number comes from a limit in the hardware task
> switcher in x86 hardware, the kernel used several and ~ 4090 are left
> over for the system.

Oops, I meant 4092. It's somewhere around there, something less than 4096
by about 4, or a bit lower again if APM is in use.

Anyway, I believe the new task switcher removes this limitation.

David.

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