Subject: Re: Replacement for grep(1) (part 2)
To: None <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, tech-userlevel@netbsd.org>
From: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 07/14/1999 09:20:52
>>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> writes:
    Matthew>     Maybe if I call the sysctl "vm.crashmenow".  No, that will just make more
    Matthew>     people actually try it.  It might be doable as a compile-time option,
    Matthew>     since you wouldn't be able to run anything approaching standard on 
    Matthew>     such a system anyway.  I don't see much use for it myself.  As I said
    Matthew>     before, there are easier ways to manage memory that are not quite as
    Matthew>     arbitrary as simply refusing a potential overcommit.

  Is there anyway on FreeBSD to 
	a) ask that one not be on the SIGKILL list?
	b) tune the amount of overcommit?

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