* Darren Reed <darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au> [020517 11:17]:
> In some email I received from matthew green, sie wrote:
> > 
> >    	We default to SHMMAXPGS=1024, which seems rather small given this
> >    	is the maximum limit and changes to it shouldn't affect the amount
> >    	of memory in use unless an application takes advantage of a higher
> >    	limit.
> >    
> >    	Ogle (to give an example) likes a SHMMAXPGS of 16384.
> >    
> >    	Would anyone object to increasing the default to 16384 for all
> >    	platforms?
> > 
> > 
> > perhaps, on a per-port basis, it could become a dynamic based on
> > the amount of ram available?
> 
> why can't this be changable with sysctl ?

It is on FreeBSD if someone [0] fancies doing it and needs reference.

Just a thought.

[0] - not me , sorry - I've just got my head round function pointers, so
that's a bit out of my league ATM.

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