> > I have a legitimate reason to open ~10,000 files and ~10,000 tasks on an
> > Alpha/Linux box. (If not thousands more...)
>
> Im intrigued
Yea, whatever it is.. I want a copy. :)
> > 1) Is there a maximum amount of TASKS that I can have? I know
> > that this number is tunable in "tasks.h", but are there any other limits
> > that I should be aware of? (Can I just define it as 10,000?)
>
> Its tunable. On some platforms (eg X86) it has a hardware limit. There
> shouldnt be a software one but Im not an Alpha geek
Itsn't it now a software limit on X86 since we are doing software context
swtiches?
> There is a limit in 2.0 on the amount per process to do with the stack
> size, there is a patch to work around this. If you can't find it email
> me and I'll send it you off list.
Whats the max limit with 2.1? The 30k file limit patch was nice.. If 2.1
can't do that will it be forward ported?
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