Re: Re[2]: [HACKERS] Re: [PATCHES] A patch for xlog.c

[The Hermit Hacker]

On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > Okay ... same applies to MMAP() though, I had to disappoint ... there are
> > kernel limits that, at least under FreeBSD, do require a kernel
> > recompile in order to exceed ... alot of them have been moved (maybe all
> > now) to sysctl settable values ... but, again, under some of the
> > commercial OSs, I don't think that anything but (as in Solaris) modifying
> > something like /etc/system and rebooting will fix ...
>
> But the mmap() limits are much larger than the SysV limits, aren't they,
> to the point where you would never have to fiddle with the mmap() limits
> to get 100mb of buffers, right?

Not necessarily ... it depends on the admin of the server ... then again,
I don't consider it a hassle to add a couple of lines to my kernel config
(or /etc/system) and reboot *shrug*  to me, its just part of the admin
process ...