Re: Max # of processes? (fwd)

Robert Glamm (glamm@mountains.ee.umn.edu)
Wed, 4 Jun 1997 23:52:20 -0500 (CDT)

Actually, I asked this question about 6-8 months ago, I think, and suddenly
saw it again on the list just today. What gives?

> > What's the MAX # of processes that can be specified in tasks.h under
> > NR_TASKS?
> >
> > 8192 doesn't seem to work (and promptly kills the HP Vectra that it's
> > running on).
>
> ( 8192 descriptors - 1 for NULL - 7 for linux - 3 for APM if enabled ) / 2
>
> Each task uses 2 descriptors: LDT and TSS.

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