Max open files....

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Sat, 18 Apr 1998, Jeremy Allison wrote:

> Sorry to rear this one's ugly head again but....
> 
> I still want to parameterize MAX_OPEN_FILES and
> malloc it on startup.

'sfine by me.
 
> I *know* it will crash some UNIXs (who shall remain
> nameless :-) if it gets set too high.

hm... how about a default MAX_OPEN_FILES on a per-system basis, then?

is it acceptable for autoconf to try to work this out: crashing the UNIX
box, dealing with the subsequent reboot and recovery etc :-)

luke