Frank Van Der Linden writes: > James Carlson wrote: > > What does tweaking the number of RT signals have to do with the > > SIGINFO proposal? > > > > I must be missing something, because I don't see why it's helpful to > > weld these two issues together. > > > > > It has nothing to do with it directly. However, the issue is that adding > SIGINFO would bring the number of RT signals to 7 (if NSIG/MAXSIG isn't > bumped). This is below the minimum of 8, meaning that the total number > of signals needs to be bumped. So, the thought leading up to this is: > while NSIG/MAXSIG needs to be bumped, let an increase of the number of > RT signals ride along on this change, so that these values do not have > to be bumped again in the future.
I don't really see the point to that. NSIG/MAXSIG gets bumped every few years on average (1994, 1996, 2001, 2003), and I don't see what's significant about this particular occasion. I'm sure we'll be doing it again relatively soon. More to the point: what does changing NSIG/MAXSIG hurt this time around that we're worried about, and what problem are we trying to minimize? > I have no particular opinion on the number of RT signals. It was just a > "while here, make some room to avoid future hassle" item. I see. Well, I think it'd be good to have an evaluated RFE for this one, as it doesn't look to me like a "while you're here anyway" sort of issue. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-code mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/opensolaris-code
