Bug 17154

Summary:	need to raise file descriptor limit, its 1024 now. i did sysctl but cant get FD_SETSIZE to raise
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	abunjami <abunjami>
Component:	kern	Assignee:	freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	3.4-RELEASE
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description abunjami 2000-03-03 21:00:01 UTC

need to raise fd limit

Fix: 

sysctl can raise some limits
but some are read only such as FD_SETSIZE

Comment 1 cpiazza freebsd_committer

2000-03-04 22:54:45 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-ports->freebsd-bugs

Misfiled PR

Comment 2 Alfred Perlstein freebsd_committer

2000-06-06 10:19:56 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->closed

FD_SETSIZE can be defined at compile time of userland programs, 
from sys/types.h: 

/* 
* Select uses bit masks of file descriptors in longs.  These macros 
* manipulate such bit fields (the filesystem macros use chars). 
* FD_SETSIZE may be defined by the user, but the default here should 
* be enough for most uses. 
*/ 
#ifndef FD_SETSIZE 
#define FD_SETSIZE      1024 
#endif 

If the user is speaking of the kernel max file descriptors this is an 
unfortunate limitation, but can be worked around via boot time config 
and/or kernel recompiling.