Re: Filehandler on 2.2.6

In article <cistron.3755172B.8CA0C963@zeor.simegen.com>,
Dancer <dancer@zeor.simegen.com> wrote:
>Martin Svensson wrote:
>> When I'm running ./configure it says:
>> checking Default FD_SETSIZE value... 256
>> checking Maximum number of filedescriptors we can open... 256
>
>You need the Alan Cox patches to the 2.2.x kernel. Look in
>ftp://your.favourite.linux.kernel.mirror/pub/linux/alan/

There's obviously a lot of confusion about this subject, since everytime
someone asks about this he gets 5 incorrect answers and sometimes one
correct answer :(

The correct answer:

- Kernel: you need either 2.2.x vanilla, or 2.0.36 patched with
  filehandle.patch.linux (see the FAQ). That will get you 1024 filedescriptors.
- Library: you need at least glibc 2.0. 2.1 is fine too.
  There are ways to do it with libc5 as well, but I wouldn't know how
  (it's too long ago since I used libc5)

Mike.

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