Re: SHMMAX, cdrecord, kernel
On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, Matthew Peddlesden wrote:
> > I've seen that I can change this value 'on the fly' thrue the file
> > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax. But is there a reason for setting this to the
> > value of 0x3fa000, or can I change it without any risk ? Where is this
> > value coming from ? (The default value on i386 is 32 MB).
>
> From a purely suck-it-and-see point of view I changed mine to get cdrecord
> to work, in the kernel, and have not as yet experienced any problems :)
>
> Matt.
>
I haven't had a problem yet either at 4mb, but I read somewhere that a
very large value could mess things up (paging maybe?), but I cann't
remember the details.
Paul
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