From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 16:40:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 16:40:55 -0500 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust42.swa.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.42]:14980 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 16:40:54 -0500 Subject: Re: Semaphore and Shared memory questions... From: Alan Cox To: Richard Whittaker Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <5.1.1.6.0.20021120133929.02485ae8@gnat.nwtel.ca> References: <5.1.1.6.0.20021120131444.02482858@gnat.nwtel.ca> <5.1.1.6.0.20021120131444.02482858@gnat.nwtel.ca> <5.1.1.6.0.20021120133929.02485ae8@gnat.nwtel.ca> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-10) Date: 20 Nov 2002 22:16:34 +0000 Message-Id: <1037830594.3267.94.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 21:42, Richard Whittaker wrote: > At 10:04 PM 11/20/2002 +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > > >The sysctl interface and sysctl setting tools on boot exist precisely so > >you dont have to hack these things around > > Allright... This is fine by me... One of my questions was (and still is), > what do I pass to sysctl for setting /proc/sys/kernel/sem?... > > Setting shmmax was easy, since it's only a single hex value, but sem is > puzzling me... Is a space separated list of values going to work?... Right first guess. Its mostly historical that it isnt 4 values.