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From: David Mosberger <davidm@hpl.hp.com>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Max size of shared memory segment.
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 22:38:29 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-ia64-105590693005711@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-ia64-105590693005710@msgid-missing>

>>>>> On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 14:31:32 -0700, Michael Madore <mmadore@turbolinux.com> said:

  Mike> Hi, What is the maximum size a shared memory segment can have
  Mike> on linux IA64?

By default, it's 32MB but you can change that via
/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax.  There is no a priori limit for how big a
value you can install there, but on IA-64 Linux you'll be limited to
what fits in a single region.  With 16KB pages, that would be 16TB.

	--david


  reply	other threads:[~2001-06-11 22:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-06-11 21:31 [Linux-ia64] Max size of shared memory segment Michael Madore
2001-06-11 22:38 ` David Mosberger [this message]
2001-06-11 23:03 ` Seth, Rohit

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