In article <Pine.LNX.4.21.0009030137460.1022-100000@asdf.capslock.lan>,
Mike A. Harris <mharris@meteng.on.ca> wrote:
>To change NR_TASKS, can one just redefine it somehow in the top
>Makefile, or must one edit the actual header file? I'm looking
>at a quick and dirty way of automating changing NR_TASKS more
>easily.
I usually apply the following diff. It works on all 2.2 kernels.
Note that in 2.4 the # of tasks is dynamic, and is a function of
how much memory you have in the box. On my 128 MB machine it
results in slighly less than 4000 tasks max.
diff -ruN linux-2.2.17pre5.orig/include/linux/tasks.h linux-2.2.17pre5/include/linux/tasks.h
--- linux-2.2.17pre5.orig/include/linux/tasks.h Tue May 11 19:35:42 1999
+++ linux-2.2.17pre5/include/linux/tasks.h Wed Jun 21 08:30:47 2000
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
#define NR_CPUS 1
#endif
-#define NR_TASKS 512 /* On x86 Max 4092, or 4090 w/APM configured. */
+#define NR_TASKS 2048 /* On x86 Max 4092, or 4090 w/APM configured. */
#define MAX_TASKS_PER_USER (NR_TASKS/2)
#define MIN_TASKS_LEFT_FOR_ROOT 4
Mike.
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