[techtalk] Kernel params

[Jeff Dike]

kjh at flyballdogs.com said:
> Can someone point me to documentation on the available linux kernel
> params and how I go about querying and modifying them?

Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt in your favorite kernel pool.  Looking at 
them and changing them varies.  The most popular ones have entries in /proc.  
Others you have to redefine and rebuild the kernel.

> It appears that I'm either hitting the system limit for open files or
> the user limit.

There are a couple of interesting things in /proc/sys/fs, like file-max and 
file-nr.

				Jeff