Re: LINT and GENERIC - between a rock and a generic place.

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Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Date
31 May 1997 14:38:44
Subject
Re: LINT and GENERIC - between a rock and a generic place.
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199705312136.OAA11743@phaeton.artisoft.com

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> More and more people are trying to use GENERIC as a template for their
> own kernels and they're losing, of course, because generic sets many
> limits (like max children or open files) too low.
>
> Unfortunately, every time this issue has come up in the past it's also
> followed a rather set course, in 3 distinct stages:
>

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The problem with all of these stages is fanout. No matter which
"configuration" I select (is a 4 user config ever really optimal
for *any* usage???), I need the same controllers and virtual
devices on my machine, regardless of how many vnodes I allow to
be active at one time.

The config needs to be seperated into "machine" and "usage"
portions, IMO. Maybe adding the ability to use #include (or
equivalent) is really the thing to do, instead.


Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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or previous employers.


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