Subject: Re: Cannot ulimit -m
To: Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 01/29/2002 22:05:00
On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 12:51:24PM -0800, Paul Hoffman wrote:
> That reports:
> 
> core file size (blocks)     unlimited
> data seg size (kbytes)      1048576
> file size (blocks)          unlimited
> max locked memory (kbytes)  250256
> max memory size (kbytes)    250256
> open files                  1772
> pipe size (512 bytes)       1
> stack size (kbytes)         32768
> cpu time (seconds)          unlimited
> max user processes          532
> virtual memory (kbytes)     1081344
> 
> So, why can I not raise my memory size past 250256?

This may be a limit imposed by the kernel. On what architecture is it,
and how much RAM do you have ?
Note that this is not the max size of a process, only how much of it can
be resident in RAM.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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